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medal, American: lifesaving award: Congressional Medal 1872
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medal, American: lifesaving award: Lifesaving Benevolent Association Gold Medal 1889
medal, American: lifesaving award: Lifesaving Benevolent Association Silver Medal 1913
medal, American: lifesaving award: Lifesaving Benevolent Fund
medal, American: lifesaving award: Massachusetts Humane Society, Officers Medal 1854?
medal, American: lifesaving award: Massachusetts Humane Society, Officers Medal 1862?
medal, American: lifesaving award: Massachusetts Humane Society 1791
medal, American: lifesaving award: Massachusetts Humane Society 1877
medal, American: lifesaving award: Medal for Humanity & Heroism 1889
medal, American: lifesaving award: Merchant & Citizens New York Gold Medal
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medal, French: lifesaving award: Lifesaving Society of Cogne Charente, Silver Badge
medal, French: lifesaving award: Lifesaving Society of the Alpes Maritimes
medal, French: lifesaving award: Ministry of Marine & The Colonies Gold Medal
medal, French: lifesaving award: Ministry of Marine & The Colonies Silver Medal
medal, French: lifesaving award: Ministry of Marine & the Colonies Silver Medal
medal, French: lifesaving award: Ministry of Marine Gold Medal
medal, French: lifesaving award: Ministry of the Interior Silver Medal
medal, French: lifesaving award: Paris Lifesaving Society Silver Medal
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medal, German: lifesaving award: Silver Medal, Hamburg Senate
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medal, Italian: lifesaving award: Silver Medal, for Valour
medal, Norwegen: lifesaving award: Silver Medal
medal, Portuguese: lifesaving award: Silver Medal
medal, Portuguese: lifesaving award: Silver Merit Medal
medal, Russian: lifesaving award: Gold Medal
medal, Russian: lifesaving award: Reward for Zeal
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Abbis, John William
Barnard, T A, fl.1874
Burton, Aaron
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Dacheux, Joseph
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di Savoia, Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio
di Savoia, Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso
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Murphy, Philip
Noel, Philip John
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Lifesaving Benevolent Association of New York (Lifesaving award)
Massachusetts Humane Society 1791 (Lifesaving award)
South Holland Society for Saving Life from Shipwreck, gold medal (Lifesaving award)
Royal & Central Life Saving Society of Belgium (Lifesaving award)
Ministry of Marine & The Colonies Gold Medal (Lifesaving award)
Ministry of Marine & the Colonies Silver Medal (Lifesaving award)
Ministry of Marine & the Colonies Silver Medal (Lifesaving award)
Ministry of Marine Gold Medal (Lifesaving award)
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Ministry of the Interior Silver Medal (Lifesaving award)
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal for Gallantry awarded to John Lewis (lifesaving award)
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal for Gallantry to William Lewis, awarded in 1855 and 1856 (lifesaving award)
New York Recorder Medal (Lifesaving award)
Congressional Medal 1872 (Lifesaving award)
Congressional Medal (Lifesaving award)
Reward for Zeal (Reward medal)
Presidential Gold Medal (Lifesaving award)
Presidential Gold Medal (Lifesaving award)
Hamburg Society for Life Saving, Silver Medal (Lifesaving award)
Lifesaving Benevolent Association of New York Silver Medal 1913 (Lifesaving award)
Silver Medal for Valour (Lifesaving award)
Paris Life Saving Society, Silver Medal (Lifesaving award)
Merchant & Citizens New York Gold Medal (Lifesaving award)
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