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2014 For Defense of Crimea Medal

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February 2, 2019 at 9:43 am #36677

KevinBeyer
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Does anyone know where I can obtain an original Russian For Defense of Crimea Medal from 2014?

Also, have there been any new official Russian Federation medals created in the past two years?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Kevin Beyer
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February 8, 2019 at 8:59 am #36704

megan
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Our resident expert is Frank Dutil but he’s on deployment at the moment (Canadian Air Force).

2014 saw quite a slew, mostly more generic service medals for various branches of service.

2016 saw Medal “For the Liberation of Palmyra” and Medal “For the Demining of Palmyra” if it’s campaign medals you are interested in.

Try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awards_and_emblems_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation for more information.

February 8, 2019 at 8:06 pm #36705

KevinBeyer
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Thanks, Megan.

I found this article: https://www.defensenews.com/home/2016/03/29/russian-military-orders-10000-medals-for-troops-in-syria/

I have yet to see the medals as shown anywhere other than in the images within this article.

I recently purchased examples of the Palmyra medals you mentioned. Although, I cannot honestly vouch for their authenticity.

Thanks,

Kevin
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The only information appearing to be available for this unclaimed clasp can be found in the London Gazette issue of 1849, where the approved NGS clasps were published:

Boats of ‘Fawn’ under Lieut. Morgan. Action with cutter and schooner ‘Guadaloupe’, and capture.

A search of the Navy List from 1793-1815 reveals a total of 18 commissioned officers with the surname of Morgan. Of these, 9 have a Lieutenant’s commission date after 25 July 1809 or died before that date and can be ruled out. Of the remaining, three died between 1817-22 before receiving a promotion and must also be ruled out. Out of the remaining six, four have entries in either Marshall’s or O’Byrne’s Naval Biographies, two with service records, but these two do not mention anything about the action, which would be highly unlikely if it resulted in the man’s promotion. This leaves four potential candidates, one being promoted as late as 1827, he is probably not the man. The remaining three were promoted to Commander between 1814-16, and could all have been the man in charge. Unfortunately, all died between 1817-43, and it’s not likely much biographical information on either of them can be found.


Name	Lieut	Cmd	Died
MORGAN, John Fortescue	15 Sep 1806	12 Oct 1814	9 Dec 1843
MORGAN, Thomas	10 May 1809	16 Nov 1814	Apr 1843
MORGAN, Charles	15 Jun 1781	1 Jan 1816	1817
MORGAN, James (1)	2 Sep 1783	25 Apr 1827	1835

One would have to search the muster books for HMS Fawn to identify who the Lieutenant was.