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Crimea War Medal 1854
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Below "1854". Reverse: Victory flying (R) crowning with a laurel wreath a Roman soldier standing (L) with shield and short sword. Reverse: Inscribed "CRIMEA" (vertical, L). Inscription on edge: "C.A.WILLS.C.A. H.M.S. AGAMEMNON".Suspended from a foliated bar and pale blue ribbon edged with yellow. Bars: .1 "SEBASTOPOL"; .2 "AZOFF" unattached and in their original boxes of issue.
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Object details
| ID: | MED1430 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Materials: | Metal: silver; Organic: textile [ribbon] |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William; Wyon, Benjamin |
| Events: | Crimean War: Siege of Sebastopol,1854-1855; Crimean War: Campaign in Sea of Azov, 1855 |
| Vessels: | Agamemnon (1852) |
| Date made: | 1854 |
| People: | Wills, Charles Augustus |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |
| Parts: | Crimea War Medal 1854 |