United Kingdom. A Crimea Medal, C. 1854 Auction whose primary task in the

whose primary task in the early stages of the Second World War was to protect the convoys of American troops being ferried to the Aleutian Islands off Alaska

purple heart ribbon split behind oak leaf cluster

Nine days after enlisting

The Portuguese Military Order of the Christ c

with monogram of Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm III and Prussian royal crown on the upper arm

United Kingdom. A Crimea Medal, C. 1854 Auction whose primary task in theInstituted on December 15, 1854. A silver medal, obverse featuring the left facing effigy of Queen Victoria surrounded by the inscription VICTORIA REGINA, reverse presents the winged figure of victory placing a wreath crown on a soldiers head, with the inscription CRIMEA vertically on the left side of the medal, suspended by a scroll suspension, unnamed, measures36. 25mm (w) x 45. 60mm (h inclusive of suspension bar), 35. 4 grams, missing ribbon, dark