1854 AD., Great Britain, Crimean War Campaign Medal, Silver.

Great Britain, Crimean War 1854-56 campaign medal, designed by Benjamin Wyon, 1854 AD.,
Silver Medal (36 mm / 31,11 g),
Obv.: VICTORIA REGINA / 1854 / B WYON SC , diademed head of Queen Victoria I left.
Rev.: CRIMEA / B WYON SC. , winged figure of Victory crowning a Roman soldier, who is holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right, with a laurel wreath. The word ‘CRIMEA’ can bee seen to the left while the designer’s name is visible in tiny letters to the lower right.
Edge: unnamed as initially issued,
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Instituted 15th December 1854 for award to British (and some of the French forces) that took part in the campaign against the Russians on the Crimean peninsular and the surrounding waters.
Designed by Benjamin Wyon, an engineer with the Royal Mint.

The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Oriental War (October 1853–February 1856) was fought between the Russian Empire on one side and an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire on the other. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining Ottoman Empire. Most of the conflict took place on the Crimean Peninsula, with additional actions occurring in western Turkey and the Baltic Sea region.