From the Collection #9 - Crimean War Medals
Part of the "From the Collection" series prepared and distributed to a subscribers' list during 2022 as a follow on to the "Virtual Visit" series initiated during the COVID lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 The collection focus of this item are medals awarded for service in the Crimean War
From 1850 to 1868 forty three ships transporting convicts journeyed to the Swan River Colony. In addition to the convicts, there were over 1,000 men of the enrolled pensioner force to guard the convicts at sea and act as an auxiliary military unit after landfall. Many warders and gaolers and some policemen joined the convict establishment to assist in law and order in the Colony. Many of these men of the convict establishment, the convicts themselves and other military pensioners were veterans of the Crimean War.This accounts for many of the medals presented for service in the Crimean War being in the Army Museum collection..
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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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