Orders, Decorations and Medals

Royal Naval School Medal 1833, by W. Wyon, obverse: three figures in classical garb, one, a man pores oil into a lamp held by a youth, whilst another youth watches, ‘Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat’, in exergue: ‘MDCCCXXXIII’; reverse: inscription in raised letters, ‘Alumn. opt. merit. e. schol. reg. nav. hocc. praem. quotan. institut. ipsa dat dabitque’ (George Sturton Ward 1844), 48mm., silver, in fitted case of issue, good very fine £60-80

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

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