Medal set

Made:: 1878-1902

Medal set, two medals, Queen's South Africa Medal and second Afghan War Medal, awarded to W. Brown, medal English, 1878-1902

Details

Category:: Wellcome Medals

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A87742

Materials:: silver and ribbon, silk

Measurements:: set: length 85 mm
set: width 65 mm

type:: military medal sets

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Parts

Silver, medal, silk ribbon

Silver, medal, silk ribbon, Second Afghan War Medal, awarded to 261 Lieutenant Corporal W. Brown of the 59th Foot, medal artist Sir Edgar Boehm (portrait of Victoria); Randolph Caldecott (elephant carrying cannon), engraved by Leonard Wyon at the Royal Mint, 1880-1881.