Country: United Kingdom)
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type: Military Medal
Year: 1854
Mint: Royal Mint, London
Composition: Silver
Weight: 30.9 g
Diameter: 35 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Grade: VG/F
Shape: Round without mount, bars and ribbon
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Commemorative issue:
Crimean War Medal (1853-1856), Great Britain, 1854 (Battle of Inkerman).
Obverse:
Diademed head of Queen Victoria facing left, legend around and date below her neck. The artist's name in truncation.
Lettering:
VICTORIA REGINA
W. WYON R.A.
1854
Reverse:
A Roman soldier standing facing, in his right hand he holds a short sword in its scabbard in a resting position, in his left a circular shield decorated with a British lion advancing left. Victory flies at his left and is crowning him with a laurel wreath, vertically in the left field of the medal, CRIMEA; the artists name in small letters, B. WYON against the rim at the right.
Lettering:
CRIMEA
B. WYON
Engraver: Benjamin Wyon (1802-1858).
Edge:
Plain.
Fonte : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2...
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