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William Wyon; Benjamin Wyon
Title
Medal, campaign
Object type Classification: 278
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English: Crimean Medal 1854-56 with three bars Original recipient (name removed) served with the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot. silver medal; ornate swivelling suspender; three bars; with ribbon obverse- diademed head of Queen Victoria; legend- VICTORIA REGINA and date- 1854 reverse- the standing figure of a Roman warrior with shield and short sword being crowned with laurel by the winged figure of Victory; word CRIMEA on lhs bars- ornate oak leaf and acorn pattern bars- ALMA - INKERMANN - SEBASTOPOL markings- obverse- name of designer- W. WYON RA. on truncation of the bust reverse- name of designer- B. WYON SC. inside rim on lower lhs ribbon- light blue with yellow edges named on edge- (recipient's name erased) 38TH REGT
Date (1854); 12 Nov 1936; Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)-English reign; Crimean War
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diameter: 36mm
width: 27mm

length: 128mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1936.31
Exhibition history Display: 1D 1
Credit line Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1936.31, N1076
Notes Crimean Medal 1854-56 with three bars Original recipient (name removed) served with the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot. Most men of the 38th regiment received the following bars (a small number also received the bar for the action at Balaklava)- Alma- 20th September 1854 Inkermann- 5th November 1854 Sebastopol- 11th Sept 1854 - 9th Sept 1855
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