Life saving medal
| Other author | Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://www.lifeatsea.amdigital.co.uk/documents/detail/life-saving-medal/22165485 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-3315 |
| 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. |
| General note | AMDigital Reference:1987_24_1. |
| Original version | Reproduction of: Life saving medal, 1875. |
| Location of original | Mystic Seaport Museum |
| Copyright note | Material sourced from the Mystic Seaport Museum |