Baltic medal

[PeterE1975]

Got this recently and would like some opinions and info please!

 

I guess it’s a good one.

 

Unnamed.

 

How many of these was rewarded?

 

Thanks!

 

/Peter 😊

Backside!

Edited August 6 by PeterE1975

[graham]

Some information below that might help:

 

https://www.omsa.org/impressed-baltic-medals/

https://web.archive.org/web/20090914054254/http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/BalticMedal.html

https://au.forceswarrecords.com/subject/657810628/baltic-medal-1856

 

It seems that there were tens of thousands awarded with only 106 named.

[PeterE1975]

On 07/08/2024 at 02:02, graham said:

Some information below that might help:

 

https://www.omsa.org/impressed-baltic-medals/

https://web.archive.org/web/20090914054254/http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/BalticMedal.html

https://au.forceswarrecords.com/subject/657810628/baltic-medal-1856

 

It seems that there were tens of thousands awarded with only 106 named.

 

Thanks!😊👍🏻

[xxx]

a british graveyard on the swedish farö island north of gotland in the baltic sea , cholera deads from the crimean war

[PeterE1975]

On 04/09/2024 at 20:38, xxx said:

a british graveyard on the swedish farö island north of gotland in the baltic sea , cholera deads from the crimean war

…never been to Gotland. Still on my places to visit!

 

Thanks!😊👍🏻

 

/peter 

[Stefan]

I visited Stora Mjölö (in Swedish) or Isosaari (in Finnish) in the summer of 2023. Among all lovely coastal artillery remains there was a grave of a British chief petty officer / leading seaman - George Quinell from the steamer Amphion.

 

Text on the sign:

The Englishman's Grave

At the end of the Crimean War in 1855, an English flotilla attacked Sveaborg. The fortress's outdated cannons could not effectively respond to the 81 attacking ships. 63 Russian and Finnish defenders lost their lives.

In the battles, the English seaman George Quinell also lost his life during a reconnaissance mission. Quinell served on the steam frigate Amphion. He is believed to have lost his head when a projectile from Sandhamn hit him. He was identified using tokens and later buried on Mjölö. In 2003, the British ambassador visited the grave and laid a wreath at it.

 

//Stefan