Victoria, 1837-1901. Silver Medal 1854, 30.73 g. Crimean War Medal. By W. Wyon. Bust, diademed. VICTORIA REGINA 1854. Rv. Victory flying and crowning Roman-style soldier. CRIMEA. Plain edge. 36.2 mm. Eimer -. BHM -. Gutes sehr schön / Good Very Fine. Originalhenkel entfernt / Original loop removed.

Purchased from Teutoburger Münzauktion und Handel, Borgholzhausen, March 2001, lot 1497.

The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia-Piemont. Geopolitical causes of the war included the decline of the Ottoman Empire (the "Eastern Question"), the expansion of Russia in the preceding Russo-Ottoman Wars, and the British and French preference to preserve the Ottoman Empire to maintain the balance of power in the Concert of Europe.