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Mint:
London
Ruler:
Victoria (1837-1901)
State:
United Kingdom
Ruler:
Victoria regina
(With the title of)
Mint:
Calcutta
Awards for Meritorious Service were instituted in the Royal Army in 1845, entitling the recipient to a medal and an annuity of £20. This was paid from a fixed fund, so that once it had been allocated no further awards could be made unless a recipient died or the fund was increased (it was doubled in 1853).
The very earliest issues of the medal bore a date either on the edge or below the bust, but after 1848 this practice ceased. This medal was therefore issued at some point between 1849 and 1901, when the death of Queen Victoria necessitated a change of the original Wyon portrait on the obverse.
It was awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major R. Knight of the 12th Lancers. Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.
History note: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, acquired before 1928
Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009
Diameter: 36.2 mm
Weight: 34.18 g
Method of acquisition: Given (2009) by Watson, Lester
1846 - 1860
Inscription present: Bust of Victoria facing left
Inscription present: Inscription in centre, crown above and laurel wreath around
Accession number: CM.1324-2009
Primary reference Number: 141418
Watson Catalogue: 230
Ordering: M-0207
Previous object number: LW.0207
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Meritorious Service Medal" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/141418 Accessed: 2024-11-08 11:58:35
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