Prize medal: Hearts of Oak Juvenile Benefit Society
Obverse: A woman (L), standing on a rocky shore looking over a calm sea and dressed in the classical style, beckons with her right hand to a sailing ship proceeding towards the shore under main and topsails, her left hand rests on a foul anchor with cable attached. Legend: "HEARTS OF OAK JUVENILE BENEFIT SOCIETY". Exergue: "1887". Reverse: an oak wreath secured at the bottom by a knot surrounds the inscription: "PRESENTED AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT FOR SERVICES TO THE SOCIETY".
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Object Details
ID: | MED0478 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Prize medal: Hearts of Oak Juvenile Benefit Society |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | 1887 |
People: | Hearts of Oak Juvenile Benefit Society |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | 50 mm |