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Life saving medal : Object 1875.

Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online

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Format:
3D object
Contributor:
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.
Series:
Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-3315
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Navies.
Sailors.
Military art and science.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
Summary:
Lifesaving medal, portions of it possibly silver (in leatherbound case, 1987.24.2); presented to R. W. Sargent, 1st officer of the INDIANA, in 1875, for rescue of the AVENA(?); presented by the Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners Royal Benevolent Society of England; front has relief design of shipwrecks, with crown at top and society name around edges; back has "ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY/ PRESENTED/ FOR/ HEROIC EXERTIONS/ IN SAVING LIFE/ FROM DROWNING/ FOR (?) XXIX13"; engraved on edge "Mr. R. W. SARGENT 1875"; 2 stylized facing fish; blue ribbon threaded through.
Notes:
AMDigital Reference:1987_24_1.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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