Prize medal, Arethusa Training Ship

Awarded to W T Elmslie. Obverse: Hope standing on the shore her right hand upraised and beckoning, an anchor (R), a ship in the distance. Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY' (within a border). Reverse: Legend: 'ARETHUSA TRAINING SHIP'. Inscription: 'PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE TO W.T.ELMSLIE FOR THREE YEARS SERVICE AT SEA WITH VERY GOOD CHARACTER'. Hall marked in fitted box of issue.

Object Details

ID: MED1642
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Prize medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Toye, Kenning & Spencer
Vessels: Arethusa (1849)
Date made: circa 1931
People: DSM, William Tilley Elmslie
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 29 mm
Parts: Prize medal, Arethusa Training Ship