IDENTIFIERS
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id:	141323
accession number:	CM.1229-2009

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 15 January 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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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
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type: history note
value: Gift og L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, Hamilton Smith auction (Glendining, 21-22 Nov 1927, lot 1293)


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals
collection:	Lester Watson Collection
creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141323





TECHNIQUES
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struck

CATEGORIES
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category: medal

DATING
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creation date:	1842 - 1842
creation date earliest:	1842
creation date latest:	1842

CREATORS
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maker: London
maker: Victoria (1837-1901)
maker: Wyon, William

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 35.1

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 17.07



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Imagery of War
CITATIONS
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British Battles and Medals 1st edn
British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)
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