Greenwich Hospital School – Prize Medal. AR Medal (36mm, 14.97 g, 12h). By Halfhide (Hatfield?). Awarded to George Wood, 1859. PALMALM QVI MERVIT FERAT, uniformed bust of left / GREENWICH HOSPITAL/ NAUTICAL/ SCHOOL, FOR/ NAUTICAL SCIENCE/ AND GOOD CONDUCT/ GEORGE WOOD/ 1859. Cf. Hardy 90 (different reverse legend); BHM –; Eimer –. Attractively toned, pierced for suspension. EF.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.