Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Naval Training Establishment Shotley Medal for Merit and Efficiency, Admiral Lord Nelson in uniform wearing breast star and neck medal, ‘England expects that every man will do his duty’; reverse: ship-of-the-line within a life-belt, with naval crown and anchor below, ‘For Merit & Efficiency, The Shotley Medal’ (William Noon Signal Boy (Instr. Boy) 1911) 39mm., silver, milled rim, swivel ring suspension, with silver brooch bar, extremely fine £80-100

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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The Royal Naval Training Establishment at Shotley was the shore base for the training of boy entrants for the Royal Navy, 1905-76. In 1927 it took the name H.M.S. Ganges.