Life saving medal

Lifesaving medal. Obverse: Variant form of a Tau-Cross in shape showing a rocky shore with cliffs beyond and a turbulent sea. In the (right) foreground a young woman, in apron and shawl, faces (left) the sea and a wrecked sailing vessel, her left hand resting on a baulk of timber; before her flies a seagull. A short distance off the shore is a buoy. Reverse: Inscription, 'CONFÉRENCE INTERNATIONALE POUR LA SAUVEGARDE DE LA VIE HUMAINE EN MER. LONDRES - 1929. A.M.WALTER CARTER, LA DÉLÉGATION FRANÇAISE.' (In a gold-tooled red morocco box.)

Object Details

ID: MEC2270
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Lifesaving award
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Prud'homme, Georges Henri
Places: France
Events: International Conference for the Safety of Human Life at Sea, 1929
Date made: 1929
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 76 x 69 mm
Parts: Life saving medal