Medal Commemorating the Crimean War | Yale University Art Gallery

1855

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 19.47 g, 6:00, 37 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.24809
Geography: Made in San Francisco, California, United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: MANIFESTATION IN HONOR OF THE SUCCESSES OF THE ALLIES IN THE CRIMEA. British lion trampling a Russian flag.

Reverse Description: MANIDESTATION EN L'HONNEUR DES SUCCES DES ALLIES EN CRIMEE. Eagle under four flags grasping two-headed eagle in talons.

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

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