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Tuscania Survivors Association medal
Presented to Lt. Cdr. C.J .F. Eddis RN, HMS 'Pigeon'. Obverse: A sinking ship, crossed flags (stars and stripes and Union Flag) and a torpedo above. Inscription: 'TUSCANIA SURVIVORS ASSN'. Reverse, inscription: 'IN RECOGNITION OF VALOR SHOWN BY COMMANDER AND CREW OF PIGEON IN RESCUE OF U.S.A.TROOPS FEB.5.1918.' Oblong in "gold" metal. Suspended by a loop from a small piece of royal blue satin ribbon with a brooch pin attached. In white presentation box.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1764 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Lifesaving award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Jones-Neverman Inc |
| Events: | World War I: Sinking of the Tuscania, 1918; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | H.M.S. Pigeon (1916) |
| Date made: | 1931 |
| People: | Eddis, Christopher John Francis; Tuscania Survivors Association |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 38 mm x 31 mm |
| Parts: | Tuscania Survivors Association medal |