Medal commemorating the death of Lieutenant Henry Leigh Carslake, 1926

Medal commemorating the death of Lieutenant Henry Leigh Carslake, 1926. Obverse: Three bi planes flying (right), waves below. Reverse: An eleven-line inscription. 'IN MEMORY OF HENRY LEIGH CARSLAKE LIEUTENANT R.N. LATE OF H.M.S. EAGLE. NAVAL OBSERVER. FLEET AIR ARM. KILLED IN AN AEROPLANE CRASH AT SEA OFF MALTA 21.OCT.1926.'

Object Details

ID: MEC2768
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Metcalfe, Percy
Events: Death of Henry Carslake, 1926
Date made: 1926
People: Carslake, Henry Leigh; Metcalfe, Percy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 51 mm
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