Medal for Good Shooting (Naval)

Naval Good Shooting Medal (Medal for Good Shooting (Naval))
King Edward VII version
Awarded by the Monarch of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India
Country	United Kingdom
Type	Naval gunnery medal
Eligibility	All ranks
Awarded for	Naval gunnery champions
Status	Discontinued in 1966
Clasps	Displaying ship's name, year, bore and gun
Statistics
Established	1903
First awarded	1903
Last awarded	1914
Order of wear
Next (higher)	Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal
Next (lower)	Militia Long Service Medal
Ribbon bar

The Naval Good Shooting Medal is a Naval gunnery medal that was instituted in 1902, for award to the gunner on each type of ship's gun in the fleet who achieved first place in the gunnery competitions held during the Annual Fleet Competitions. From 1903 to 1914 medals were awarded annually, until the competition was discontinued upon the outbreak of the First World War.

After being unawarded for 52 years, the medal was replaced in 1966 by the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, which is awarded annually to the champion shot of a Naval small-arms marksmanship competition, held by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

The Naval Good Shooting Medal, listed in the official order of wear as the Medal for Good Shooting (Naval), was instituted by King Edward VII in 1902 as an award for outstanding Naval gunnery. In the United Kingdom the medal is unique, since all comparable medals were awarded for small-arms marksmanship championships.

The medal was awarded to the gunner on each type of ship's gun in the fleet who achieved first place in the gunnery competitions, held during the Annual Fleet Competitions, from 1903 until the competition was discontinued upon the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Holders of the medal who qualified for a subsequent award, were awarded a clasp to be worn on the ribbon of the original medal.

In the order of wear prescribed by the British Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, the Naval Good Shooting Medal takes precedence after the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal and before the Militia Long Service Medal.

The medal was struck in silver and is a disk, 36 millimetres (1.42 inches) in diameter, with a raised rim on each side and suspended from a straight silver bar. The recipient's number, name, rank, ship's name, year, gun bore and gun type are inscribed on the edge of the medal.

The medal's reverse design and the same ribbon was used in 1955 with the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces and in 1966 with the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.