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Lifesaving award
Awarded to Joachim Heinrich Christoph Satow (1794-1850), Pilot Commander of the Port of Riga. Obverse: Head of Alexander I. Legend in Russian script. Reverse: Inscription in Russian script. Bound in a volume of letters of commendation. Awarded for saving the lives of twenty five men in a storm, December 8 1824.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2205 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Lifesaving award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1825; 1828 1925 |
| People: | Satow, Joachim Heinrich Christoph |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 29.5 mm |