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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.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2768 |
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| 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 |