Baltic Medal

Baltic Medal
Clasps		None authorised.
Established	6 June 1856[1]
Ribbon bar.

The Baltic Medal was a

• A circular silver medal, 36 millimetres (1.4 in) in diameter.[3]
• Obverse: The diademed head of Queen Victoria with the legend VICTORIA REGINA, designed by William Wyon.^[4]
• Reverse: A seated figure of Britannia holding a trident with the fortresses at
  Sveaborg behind. Above is the word BALTIC and below the dates 1854-1855. Designed by Leonard Charles Wyon.^[3]
• Clasps: None were authorised.[2]
• Ribbon: The 31.7 millimetres (1.25 in) wide ribbon is yellow with light blue edges,^[2] reversing the colours of the Crimea Medal ribbon.
• Naming: Issued unnamed, except for the 106 medals awarded to Royal Sappers and Miners, which had the recipient's name and unit impressed on the rim of the medal in block Roman capitals. Some naval recipients had their medals privately engraved.^[2]

References

Bibliography

• John Horsley Mayo (1897). "Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Volume 2". A. Constable & Co. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
• Mussel, J (ed) - Medal Yearbook - 2015, (2014), Token Publishing.
• Joslin, Litherland, and Simpkin (eds), British Battles and Medals, (1988), Spink
• Fred Larimore (2003). "The Baltic Medal 1854-1855". Archived from the original on 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2009-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)