Cruising Club of America, Blue Water Medal

Uniface: Within a cable border a map of the Atlantic including western seaboard of Europe, eastern seaboard of U.S.A. Greenland, Iceland; a Roman galley, a sixteenth and a seventeenth century three masted ship on the high sea, sailing west, a compass (C); a cherub head blowing a south west wind (L) Below, a tablet supported by oyster shells and surmounted by a globe and dolphins. Legend: "THE BLUE WATER MEDAL OF THE CRUISING CLUB OF AMERICA". Exergue: "AWARDED TO THE BRITISH YACHTSMEN WHO TOOK PART IN THE RESCUE OF THE ALLIED ARMY FROM DUNKERQUE 1940". Replica of the medal awarded to British Yachtsmen for their rescue of the Army at Dunkirk, held by the cruising club.

Object Details

ID: MED0332
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Prize medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Jackson G & son; Jackson, G, & Son
Events: World War II: Evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940
Date made: 1940
People: Cruising Club of America
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 30 mm x 208 mm x 250 mm