NAM.1979-03-90-1

Regimental medal, No 2 Coy 17th Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, 1860-1872. White metal, attached to a swivelling suspender similar to that used on the Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58. Ribbon (possibly not original) of pale blue corded silk with dark blue edges. Obverse: Within a raised rim, a relief design of Britannia seated on a pedestal facing forward, with three flags behind each shoulder, her left arm resting on the head of a lion. To her right, the standing figures of a rifleman and a private of the Honourable Artillery Company Infantry. To her left the standing figures of a light dragoon and rifleman. Reverse: Within a raised rim, a laurel wreath in relief, within which an engraved inscription.