15929705970001312637261000Standard Recordobject-141583168668055922316428817940001686679273393fitz-onlineadlib-object-141583https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141583474dc2ba-da98-3b79-a7f6-f051a6d1bd5e6referenceterm-42993adlib-term-4299393884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0medalreferenceterm-122711adlib-term-1227111db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557abLester Watson CollectionCoins and MedalsBy 1915 it had become clear that the Great War would be a long time in the fighting, and that a number of small operations would arise that, although worthy of recognition by medals, would not merit a separate award. A new Naval General Service Medal was therefore instituted. In the event, services in the Great War's campaigns at sea were recognised by other medals, general such as the British War Medal or more specific like the Mercantile Marine War Medal, but some unrelated operations were recognised by awards of the new NGSM.
One of these in fact predated the medal's institution, that being service aboard any of 11 Royal Navy vessels that had been involved in patrols against pirates and gun-runners in the Persian Gulf, Straits of Hormuz or the Sea of Oman between 1909 and 1914.
This medal was awarded to Able Bodied Seaman P. Redmond, who served aboard the 3rd-class cruiser HMS Proserpine; she was not one of the 11 vessels named in the Order that instituted the bar, so Redmond may have served aboard another vessel briefly. This is one of two medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the other precedes this. The medals are not attached to each other so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 4 they have been treated separately here. Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them from the London dealer Spink, in 1926.CM.1487-20091accession numberCM.1487-2009141583priref141583Watson Catalogue301orderingM-0372previous object numberLW.0362burihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141583https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141583Bust of George facing leftobverseGEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:designBritannia riding two seahorses through waves carrying trident and Union shieldreversedesignreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009referenceagent-206432adlib-agent-206432e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afbWatson, Lester200920092009givenon loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009191519151915191519161191619161916mintreferenceagent-149658adlib-agent-1496584cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5Londonrulerreferenceagent-167510adlib-agent-1675108ada2014-bb1f-34d3-9aec-33501eefda33George V (1910-36)artistreferenceagent-175025adlib-agent-175025ac9da54e-0ce8-3b32-9530-2abf6a16b51fWinserwith the title ofrulerreferenceagent-174989adlib-agent-1749894ee5820e-22d8-3fba-889b-833e2f6875e3Georgivs V Britt: omn: rex et Ind: imp:referenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0Londonreferenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverDiametermm36.4Weightg37.77referencemedia-116717adlib-media-116717452569e8-ee02-3257-ad79-afa4ea86af86jpegcm/cm15/LW_0362b_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels14416162515897031imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0362b_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels14416162515897031imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0362b_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels14416162515897031imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0362b_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels14416162515897031image0media
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imagereferenceterm-123106adlib-term-12310642c4be2c-964b-3b54-a119-848683251528Naval General Service Medal, 1915denominationreferenceterm-98222adlib-term-98222b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50emedalsseriesreferenceterm-108659adlib-term-108659cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2Militarysubseriesreferenceterm-107681adlib-term-107681e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8Britainsubsubseriesreferenceterm-122712adlib-term-122712639b4532-b2cf-3f44-a24b-84974795c1a6Royal Navysubsubsubserieshistory noteGift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Spink 1926referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museum481-483referencepublication-5886adlib-publication-5886a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6British Battles and Medals 7th ednreferencepublication-5910adlib-publication-59100d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)referenceterm-123106adlib-term-12310642c4be2c-964b-3b54-a119-848683251528Naval General Service Medal, 1915Naval General Service Medal, 1915referenceterm-119622adlib-term-119622dd6626e9-5822-307d-aa31-13c8813e7555struckobject
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