Orders, Decorations and Medals

Royal Naval College Historical and Geographical Prize Medal 1820, by W. Wyon, bust of George IV left, ‘Georgius IIII D.G. Britanniarum Rex’; with ‘1820’ below bust; reverse: wreath of laurel, ‘Historical and Geographical Prize, Royal Naval College’, 57mm., silver, unnamed, good very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Training Ship and Prize Medals.

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A Naval Academy was founded in Portsmouth in the year 1729. In 1806 it was refounded and titled the ‘Royal Naval College’. In 1873 the College was removed to Greenwich, taking over the magnificent baroque buildings of the Royal Naval Hospital.