United Kingdom. A Royal Naval Long Service &Good Conduct Medal, H.m.s. Excellent Auction Archive A Rare 1876 Silver Bravery

A Rare 1876 Silver Bravery Medal - Struck in solid silver

The crossguard sits flush with the wooden handle

the reverse with a black hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch

the obverse centre features a Gold medallion

The interior features a complete

United Kingdom. A Royal Naval Long Service &Good Conduct Medal, H.m.s. Excellent Auction Archive A Rare 1876 Silver BraveryType II Reverse (post 1848). Victoria (Wm ANDREWS, CH. P. O., H. M. S. EXCELLENT.). Naming is officially impressed. Dark patina, edge nicks, contact marks, original ribbon, very fine. Footnote: H. M. S. Excellent, also known as Portsmouth Gunnery School or Whale Island, was the British Royal Navy's main gunnery training establishment for most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.