Inscription:
1939 / Onboard HMS Exeter / ... ROUGH AND VIOLENT / TIMES LIE AHEAD, / BUT EVERYTHING THAT / HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE / BEGINNING OF THIS WAR / SHOULD GIVE THE NATION / CONFIDENCE THAT IN THE / END THE DIFFICULTIES WILL / BE SURMOUNTED, THE / PROBLEMS SOLVED, / AND DUTY DONE
Design:
inscription; quotation from letters/diaries/speeches; symbol of the Royal Mint at London(?)