1957.182

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Details

ID Number

1957.182

Category

Communication Artifacts

Sub-category

personal symbol

Item Type

service

Item Name

medal

Maker

Wyon, William

Materials

METAL, UNKNOWN

Measurements

3.8cmx5cm

Description

silver, straight clasp; obverse-profile of Queen Victoria; "VICTORIA REGINA/1848" REVERSE: VICTORIA crowning the Duke of Wellington with a laurel wreath; "TO THE BRITISH ARMY/1793-1814"

History

A military general service medal for those who served the British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars(1793-1814), and the Anglo-American War or War of 1812 (1812-1815). Awarded to J.B. Deneau, Canada Militia; Deneau was a member of Captain W. Elliots' Flank company, First Essex Militia; born 1784, 28 years old in 1812. (source: 1851 Census)

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Beneteau, J.B. person

War / Guerre subject