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Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines
The Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines was instituted in 1966. The medal is a Naval counterpart of the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces and the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Air Forces and is identical to the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces that had been instituted in 1958. One medal can be awarded annually to the champion shot of a small-arms marksmanship competition, held by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.〔(The Queen's/King's Medal for Champion Shots - Naval Awards ) (Accessed 7 August 2015)〕〔(Royal Navy and Royal Marines Rifle Association - HM The Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines ) (Accessed 15 August 2015)〕
The reverse of the medal and the ribbon are identical to those of the Naval Good Shooting Medal, instituted by King Edward VII in 1903 as an award for outstanding naval gunnery and discontinued in 1914. In 1955 that medal's reverse and ribbon had been used for the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces.〔〔(The Fitzwilliam Museum - Naval Good Shooting Medal, awarded to PO1 A. Gass 1905 ) (Accessed 14 August 2015)〕〔(Royal Museums Greenwich - Naval Good Shooting Medal 1910-1914 ) (Accessed 14 August 2015)〕
==Origin==
The Medal for the Best Shot in the British Army, Infantry, was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1869 and was awarded, from 1870 to 1882, to the best shot of the annual Army shooting competition. In 1923 the medal was re-introduced by King George V and designated the King's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces. This was followed by the institution of the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Air Forces by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The two medals were awarded to the champions of annual Army and Air Force small-arms marksmanship competitions respectively, at central meetings in the United Kingdom and some countries of the British Commonwealth.〔(The Queen's/King's Medal for Champion Shots - Army Medals ) (Accessed 7 August 2015)〕〔(Royal Air Force - RAF Small Arms - Royal Warrant - The Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Air Forces ) (Accessed 12 August 2015)〕
In 1955 New Zealand began to award a Naval version of these two medals, of which the reverse and the ribbon are identical to those of the Naval Good Shooting Medal of 1903. This medal was retrospectively approved by Royal Warrant in 1958.〔〔(New Zealand Defence Force - The Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces - Royal Warrant ) (Accessed 15 August 2015)〕〔(The Queen's/King's Medal for Champion Shots - Royal New Zealand Navy ) (Accessed 15 August 2015)〕
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