Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. GVI 2nd type (KX.88523 A. E. Rees. Mech. 3. H.M.S. Unicorn.)

Medal verification: Mechanician Albert Ernest Rees, was awarded his Naval Long Service Good Conduct Medal on 28 March 1951 (ref ADM 171/153), the medal being sent to him at H.M.S. Unicorn

A search of the Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal registers (application books) indicate that only an estimated 39 x GVI second type LSGC's were awarded named to H.M.S. Unicorn

From 1873, H.M.S. Unicorn served as the Reserve Base Training Ship located at the Port of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. In both World Wars the 'Unicorn' acted as the Headquarters for the Senior Naval Officer in Dundee, Scotland

HMS Unicorn, a Leda Class,a 46 gun frigate built by the Royal Dockyard Chatham and launched in 1824, and is now the sixth oldest surviving ship of the National Historic Fleet of the United Kingdom. The Unicorn - still afloat - is now a museum ship in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

H.M.S. Unicorn, is a rare survivor from the days of sail, and Scotland's only representative of the sailing navy from the 19th century

Scarce to ship, and of considerable local historical interest for the City of Dundee

Condition: About GVF

Code: 23597