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Prize medal, Haslar Hospital
Obverse: A trident and anchor enclosed by a naval crown (centre) decorated with sails; sprays of oak branches in background. Legend: 'Haslar Hospital'. Reverse: a flaming torch with entwining serpent; below, a laurel branch entwined by a ribbon. Inscription: 'PACISQUE BONI' (left) 'BELLIQUE MINISTRI' (right). Inscription on edge: 'Surgeon Vernon Lickfold Matthews. Admiralty Medal "Highest Award" September 1911'. (Annual prize for surgeons entering the Navy. Later both London (1908) and Greenwich (1912) examinees were included). V.L. Matthews (1883-1915) was lost at sea in HMS 'Viknor' in 1915.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0312 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Prize medal |
| Display location: | Display - Voyagers |
| Creator: | Saulles, George William de |
| Vessels: | Viknor |
| Date made: | ca.1899; 1911 |
| Exhibition: | Voyagers |
| People: | Matthews, Vernon Lickfold; Haslar Hospital |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 50 mm |
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