United Kingdom. A Royal Naval Long Service &Good Conduct Medal, H.m.s. Excellent United Republic of The order came in three

The order came in three classes: Grand Cross

opening with a functional bronze spring catch with exterior stud release

the reverse with a central portrait of the Eiffel tower

a ball hinge that is missing its through-pin and with replacement wire

overlaid by author and title

United Kingdom. A Royal Naval Long Service &Good Conduct Medal, H.m.s. Excellent United Republic of The order came in threeType 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.