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The 'Crimea Medal' was a campaign medal approved in 1854, for issue to officers and men of British units (land and naval) which fought in the Crimean War of 1854-56 against Russia.
The medal is notable for its extremely ornate clasps, being in the form of an oak leaf with an acorn at each extremity, a style never again used on a British medal. The suspension is an ornate floriated swivelling suspender, again unique to the Crimea Medal.
Five bars were authorised, the maximum awarded to one man was four.^[1] The medal was issued without a clasp to those who were present in the Crimea, but not present at any of the qualifying actions. A five bar specimen is held in the Royal Collection.^[2]
This medal was also presented to certain members of allied French forces. These medals, in addition to the five British clasps, were often issued with unauthorised French bars; ''Traktir'', ''Tchernaia'', ''Mer d'Azoff'', and ''Malakof''.^[1]
The medal was awarded with the British version of the Turkish Crimean War medal, but when a consignment of these were lost at sea some troops were issued with the Sardinian version instead.

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Clasps

See also

Notes

Bibliography

External links

See also

Clasps

★ Alma

★ Inkerman

★ Azoff

★ Balaklava

★ Sebastopol

See also

★ Baltic Medal

★ Turkish Crimean War medal

★ Turkish Order of the Medjidie

★ Légion d'honneur

★ Médaille militaire

Notes

1. British Battles and Medals, p128
2. Royal Collection
3. British Battles and Medals, p128

Bibliography

★ Mackay, J and Mussel, J (eds) - ''Medals Yearbook - 2006'', (2005), Token Publishing.

★ Joslin, Litherland, and Simpkin (eds), ''British Battles and Medals'', (1988), Spink

External links

★ The Crimean War Medal by Mike Hargreave Mawson

See also

★ Crimean War medals