LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
The E.J. Boys Archive

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ADD BETTER IMAGES OF CRIMEA MEDAL, 4 CLASPS, TO NAMED MAN

GUIDE TO MEDALS

Further information on this site

[FILE STRUCTURE, LINKS, TEXTS ETC NEED SORTING]

• The British Crimea War Medal
• Turkish Crimea Medal [to follow]
• Order of the Medjidie [to follow]
• Distinguished Conduct Medal
• Legion d'Honneur
• Medaille Militaire (French Military War Medal)
• Victoria Cross
• Wikipedia: List of Crimean War Victoria Cross recipients
• Other...
• Other...
• Other...
• Michael Hargreave Mawson: Honours and awards of the Crimean war period, The Gazette (includes both British and foreign awards - detailed and with useful links).
• Diane Oldman, Crimean War Veterans in Western Australia: Medals awarded for service in the Crimean War etc [probably the best summary]
• CWRS: Illustrated Identification Guide to Crimean War Medals [very brief]
• Forgeries and fakes [here?]

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To follow up...

• John Hayward, Diana Birch, John Bishop, British Battles and Medals, Spink (7th edition 2006) [Standard reference, most complete source, excellent photographs]
• Wikipedia: Crimea Medal
• The London Gazette
• North-east Medals:
• Crimea medals at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge [part of the Lester Watson Collection of campaign and gallantry medals, displayed in a major exhibition on "The Imagery of War" held in 2006.]







Notice that the reverse of the British Crimea medal is used a recurring motif on the web pages, apparently because this was the first Lester Watson acquired - presumably it was this medal that set him on his path.

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PATIENT HEROES

"Well, Jack! Here's good news from home. We're to have a medal."

"That's very kind. Maybe one of these days we'll have a coat to stick it on!"

Punch, date? [from Wikipedia article on the Crimea Medal:

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Interesting articles?

Punch comment, dates

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