Description
Medal commemorating the Battle of Navarino, 1827. Obverse: The head of Pallas Athene in a helmet (right). Legend: ‘LA FLOTTE ANGLO FRANCO RUSSE VAINQUIT LES TURCS A NAVARIN LE 20 8. 1827 .’ (The Anglo-French fleet conquered the Turks at Navarino.) Reverse: The British, French and Russian crowns with crosses between them and their respective admirals’ names inscribed above, set in the form of a triangle. Inscription: ‘CODRINGTON, DE RIGNY, HEIDEN.’. (Κωδ. 2489)