ESTATE & COLLECTABLE AUCTION
Thursday, 5 - Monday, 9 November 2020
THE BALTIC MEDAL 1854 - 55
Realised: $160 plus premium
Current Bid $160 (17 bids, reserve met)
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Lot Details
unnamed as issued. The Baltic 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 theatre 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.
