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Lifesaving award
Awarded to Joachim Heinrich Christoph Satow (1794-1850), Pilot Commander of the Port of Riga.. Obverse: Head of Nicholas I (right). Legend in Russian script. Reverse: Legend in Russian script. Bound in a volume of letters of commendation.
For saving eleven men from the Swedish ship 'Carolina'.
For saving eleven men from the Swedish ship 'Carolina'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2208 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Lifesaving award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Wreck of the Carolina, 1838 |
| Date made: | 1839 |
| People: | Satow, Joachim Heinrich Christoph |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 51 mm |