Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Warspite Training Ship Medal, fouled anchor with crown above, ‘Royal Naval Training Ship’; reverse: within a wreath of laurel (name engraved), ‘Presented to D. Broomfield as a Reward of Merit’, 31mm., silver, pierced with ring suspension, Ref; Payne 326; Medal for Loyalty and Good Service, bust George V left in military uniform; reverse: within a wreath of laurel (date engraved), ‘Loyalty and Good Service’ (T. Moseley, C.P.O.), 32mm., silver, scroll suspension, slight edge bruising,very fine and better (2) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Prize, Training Ship, Nursing & Other Medals from the James N. Spencer Collection.

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Payne ascribes the first medal to the training ship Warspite.

In 1856 the Marine Society established a school on Warspite, a 3rd rate ship-of-the-line, moored on the lower Thames. In 1876 the ship was replaced by the Conqueror (formerly Waterloo) which took the name Warspite. This ship was destroyed by fire in 1918 but the school was re-established on the 2nd class cruiser Hermione which was in turn was renamed Warspite. The ship was moored off Grays, Essex. In 1940, with the outbreak of war and the danger of it being attacked, the school was closed and the ship broken up. See lot 953 for other Marine Society medals.