Badge

Badge commemorating the Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794. A gold badge in the form of a flat gold ring with a foul anchor suspended within it. Obverse inscription, on anchor stock: ‘EARL HOWE’. On arms of anchor: ‘QUEEN CHARLOTTE’. On ring: ‘GRAVES HOOD BOWYER GARDNER PASLEY SEYMOUR PAKENHAM BERKELEY GAMBIER’. Reverse, on anchor stock: ‘1ST . OF JUNE.’ On the crown of the anchor: ‘1794.’ On ring: ‘I .HARVEY PAYNE PARKER H . HARVEY PRINGLE DUCKWORTH ELPHINSTONE NICHOLS HOPE’. The badge commemorates Admiral of the Fleet Richard, Earl Howe, his flagship ‘Queen Charlotte’, and the flag officers under his overall command during the battle.

Object Details

ID: MEC1143
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Badge
Display location: Display - Voyagers
Creator: Unknown
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794
Date made: 1794
Exhibition: Voyagers
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 44 mm