45mm. Silver. Unsigned.
Obverse with view of the Royal Naval School, New Cross, reverse with Cookney Prize Medal within wreath, legend around.
Good Very Fine and attractively toned. Scarce.
The Royal Naval School at New Cross, Kent, was a charitable institution founded in 1844 for educating the sons of less affluent officers of the Royal Navy or Royal Marines, with preference given to those whose fathers had been killed in the service of their country. Sons of civilians were also accepted. Pupils were admitted between the ages of 8 and 14 and received an education which prepared them for university, naval or military service.