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The 1877 Empress of India Medal depicts Victoria with a small crown. Boehm's Afghanistan Medal (1881). By the late 1870s, most denominations of British coins carried versions of the obverse design featuring Queen Victoria created by William Wyon and first introduced in 1838, the year after she acceded to the throne at the age of 18.
2006: 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross (2 coins) 2007: 100th anniversary of the Scout Movement; 2009: 250th anniversary of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew; 2010: 100th anniversary of Girlguiding UK; 2011: 50th anniversary of the World Wildlife Fund; 2011: 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in London (a set of 29 coins of different ...
The Crimea Medal was a campaign medal approved on 15 December 1854, for issue to officers and men of British units (land and naval) which fought in the Crimean War of 1854–1856 against Russia. The medal was awarded with the British version of the Turkish Crimea Medal , but when a consignment of these was lost at sea, some troops received the ...
Boehm prepared a likeness that was used for a medal marking the queen's Jubilee, and which was adapted for the coinage in lower relief by Leonard Charles Wyon, who made small changes. [23] Official portrait of Queen Victoria. 1882. The obverse of the Jubilee coinage, first issued in 1887, including the double florin, features that likeness.
The medal was awarded to those involved in the official celebrations of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, including members of the Royal Family, Royal Household and government officials, as well as Envoys, Foreign Ambassadors and Colonial Prime Ministers. Military recipients included selected officers, sailors and soldiers of the Royal Navy and ...
The medal was struck to celebrate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, the 50th anniversary of her reign. It was awarded to those involved in the official celebrations, including members of the Royal Family, Royal Household and government officials, as well as Envoys, Foreign Ambassadors and Colonial Prime Ministers.
The Old Head coinage obverse (1893 double sovereign shown). The Old Head coinage or Veiled Head coinage were British coins struck and dated between 1893 and 1901, which featured on the obverse a portrait by Thomas Brock of an aged Queen Victoria wearing a diadem partially hidden by a widow's veil.
The name of William Wyon is well known among coin and medal collectors because of his prodigious output and artistic skill. He designed the second and third effigies of George IV , the effigy of William IV in 1830, working from the bust by Sir Francis Chantrey , [ 8 ] and "The Young Head", which graced Victoria's coinage from 1838 to 1860 on ...