IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 141323 accession number: CM.1229-2009 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: This short-lived medal was created in 1842 to reward naval engineers for distinguished service. It was discontinued with the regrading of Engineers as Warrant Officers in 1847, which made them eligible for other decorations. During this brief period only four awards were made. Engineer 1st Class William Shaw was the first recipient of the medal, for his service aboard HMS Tartarus in West Indian and American waters. Lester Watson purchased his medal in the auction of the Hamilton-Smith collection, of which it may have previously formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 21-22 Nov 1927, lot 1293). title: Naval Engineers Medal NOTES ----- type: history note value: Gift og L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, Hamilton Smith auction (Glendining, 21-22 Nov 1927, lot 1293) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals collection: Lester Watson Collection creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141323 TECHNIQUES ---------- struck CATEGORIES ------ category: medal DATING ------ creation date: 1842 - 1842 creation date earliest: 1842 creation date latest: 1842 CREATORS -------- maker: London maker: Victoria (1837-1901) maker: Wyon, William DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: mm value: 35.1 dimension: Weight units: g value: 17.07 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Imagery of War CITATIONS -------- British Battles and Medals 1st edn British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959) --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0112_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 111 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0112_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 111 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0112_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 111 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0112_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 111 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0112_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 117 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0112_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 117 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0112_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 117 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0112_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 117 pixels