WW1 BRITISH NAVY LONG SERVICE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL HMS PEMBROKE

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36mm wide circular silver medal on claw and swivel ribbon bar suspension; the face with the head and shoulders portrait of King George V in Admiral’s uniform facing left, circumscribed GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN:REX•ET IND:IMP. (George V King of Great Britain Emperor of India), the reverse with a three-masted man-of-war within a circular rope, a reef knot at the base, circumscribed ‘FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT’, named to: 149606 W. D. JONES. CH. P.O, H.M.S. PEMBROKE. on correct ribbon. Jones received his medal as a Chief Petty Officer on the 11th October 1913. The medal was instituted on 24 August 1831 to be awarded for 21 years’ exemplary conduct. The design of the medal was changed in 1848 to that seen in this example. The requirement for award was reduced to 10 years in 1874 then later increased to 15 years. This example is from the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910.