The Indian Mutiny Medal was a campaign medal approved in August 1858, for officers and men of British and Indian units who served in operations in suppression of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Image: Indian Mutiny Medal, with clasps 'Defence of Lucknow' and 'Lucknow' (Obverse)
Image: Indian Mutiny Medal (Reverse)
Medal with edge inscription, awarded to Corporal D Alderton, 5th (Northumberland) Fusiliers
Image: Indian Mutiny Medal, with clasps 'Defence of Lucknow' and 'Lucknow' (Obverse)
Leonard Charles Wyon was a British engraver of the Victorian era most notable for his work on the gold and silver coinage struck for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 and the bronze coinage of 1860 with the second ("bun") head portrait, in use from 1860 to 1894.
Leonard Charles Wyon (self-portrait in plaster)
Wyon's 'Bun Head' penny of 1860 showing his initials L.C.W. beneath Britannia's foot