49mm, 71g. Tested as 15ct gold.
Awarded by the Institution of Naval Architects. Obverse with octopus amongst sea, within shield. Reverse with the prize winners' name 'J.L Kent' and 1922 within wreath.
A most impressive medal with a wonderful obverse design. Some scuffing around the date and name otherwise virtually as struck and housed in embossed case of issue.
James Louis Philip Kent, Superintendent of Ship Division, National Physical Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, awarded CBE (civil division) in the 1947 New Years Honours List.