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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1642 |
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| 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 |
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