Baltic 1854-1855 Medal
BRMD-006
$18.95
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Reproduction Baltic Medal. The Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1856, for issue to officers and men of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and Royal Sappers and Miners who served in Baltic Sea operations against Russia in the Baltic theater of the Crimean War. The medal primarily covered naval actions but it was also awarded to 100 men or the Royal Sappers and Miners for their work in the demolition of Russian fortifications at Bomarsund and Sveaborg. The front of this medal depicts the portrait of a young Queen Victoria and the reverse features a seated Britannia, with the name Baltic around the top, and the dates 1854-1855 on the bottom.