Reproduction Baltic Medal. The Medal was a campaign medal
approved in 1856, for issue to officers and men of the
Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and Royal Sappers and Miners
who served in Baltic Sea operations against Russia in the
Baltic theater of the Crimean War. The medal primarily
covered naval actions but it was also awarded to 100 men or
the Royal Sappers and Miners for their work in the
demolition of Russian fortifications at Bomarsund and
Sveaborg. The front of this medal depicts the portrait of a
young Queen Victoria and the reverse features a seated
Britannia, with the name Baltic around the top, and the
dates 1854-1855 on the bottom.
