Naval Good Shooting Medal 1910-1914

Obverse: Bust of King George V in naval uniform, orders and medals (L). Legend: "GEORGIVS V BRIT:OMN:REX ET IND:IMP:" Reverse: Neptune, grasping thunderbolts in both hands, standing on a platform, behind the prow of a galley, heads of three sea-horses (R). Legend: "AMAT VICTORIA CVRAM". Instituted in 1903. Inscription on edge: "202969 A.J.DRUCE. LDG-SEAN. H.M.S.FORMIDABLE. 1913. 6IN B.L." Suspended from clasp by a ribbon with central scarlet and two white stripes edged with blue.

Object Details

ID: MED0403
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Prize medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mackennal, Edgar Bertram; Winser, Margaret
Vessels: Formidable 1898
Date made: 1910; 1913
People: King George V; Druce, A J
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm
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