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Description: | obverse design: British battlecruiser, HMS Lion, steaming from left to right during the Battle of Jutland, a Vice-
Admiral's ensign flying from its foremast and the guns of its two forward turrets firing to port. The warship is straddled by shell
splashes and three more vessels may be seen on the horizon. The date of the action is rendered in two lines in the exergue.
exergue: 'XXXI+MAY+MDCCCCXVI' (the first line flanked by heraldic lions)
reverse design: anchor, its shank runiing through two linked laurel wreaths, and surmounted by a naval crown. The wreath on the left
encloses the name 'JELLICOE' and that on the right 'BEATTY'.
reverse text: 'THE.VICTORY-OF-JUTLAND-BANK' & '-AUSP-REG-SOC-NUMISMATICAE' (around edge; the two elements of text separated by the cuff
rings of an Admiral on the left and those of a Vice-Admiral on the right).
First World War British medal by Harold Stabler and R J Richardson commemorating, in no uncertain terms, a British
naval victory at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May - 1 June 1916. The piece, in silver struck from hand-cut dies, was awarded the first prize
in a competition instituted by Sir Arthur Evans, then President of the Royal Numismatic Society, for a medal to commemorate the Battle of
Jutland. Sir Arthur, showing a fine appreciation of the value of positive propaganda, sought to wrest the initiative in this field of
activity from the more active German medallists. He also saw the competition as an opportunity to reject what he viewed as decadent
practices in the medallic arts and re-validate the more traditional forms and standards of skilled medal production with the emphasis on
artistic simplicity, boldness of relief and finish and precision in modelling. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Royal Navy Battle of & 31/5/1916 - 1/6/1916 North Sea & Jutland Naval Operations commemorative First World War propaganda | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Stabler, Harold and Richardson, R J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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