Prize medal, HMS Excellent (gunnery)

Uninscribed. Obverse: Head of the Commodore (L) Maltese cross (L) an inscribed scroll below Legend: "JAMES.GRAHAM. GOODENOUGH". Inscription: "SANTA CRUZ" (R) "1875" below "AD.SANGUINEM". Reverse: a draped figure of a woman on her left knee, applying a scale to the breech of a heavy gun with her right, a compass in her left hand; above the stern of a ship, inscribed: "Excellent" firing, both broadsides. Legend: "MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR GUNNERY. INSTITUTED A.D.1878".

Object Details

ID: MED0310
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Prize medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cockerell, F P
Date made: 1878
People: Goodenough, James Graham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 50 mm