CRIMEA MEDAL 1854-56, no clasp (unnamed, as issued). Couple of small rim bruises at 12 o’c

CRIMEA MEDAL 1854-56, no clasp (unnamed, as issued). Couple of small rim bruises at 12 o’clock, otherwise attractive old dark tone and Good Very Fine.

There is a tiny French hall mark on the rim of this medal at 1 o’clock, a swan incuse with an oval frame. This swan mark was introduced in France on 1/7/1893, and was used on domestically produced watch cases up to 1970 and also struck on to small articles entering France, and also on silverware of the legal standard of fineness which was sold at public auctions. Obviously, all of this would indicate that this medal left England after 1893.