Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal 1869
Obverse: A nude boy with short cloak flying out from his shoulder, blowing on a torch held in his right hand. Legend: 'LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN'. Exergue: 'SOC . LOND . IN . RESVSCITAT . INTERMORTVORVM INSTIT . MDCCLXXIV'. Reverse: Within an oak wreath tied with ribbon, name of recipient and inscription. Legend: 'HOC PRETIVM CIVE SERVATO TVLIT'. Inscription: 'VIT . OB SERV . D . D . SOC . REG . HVM.' [5 straight lines]. Inscription on edge: 'GEORGE LUKES. 13, SEPTEMBER 1866'. Suspended by a cusped bar from a dark blue ribbon with a pin brooch attached.
Lukes was one of ten men, seven from the General Steam Navigation Co.'s 'Cologne', who manned a lifeboat and unsuccessfully attempted to rescue the crew of the brig 'May Flower', driven ashore in a gale off Boulogne.
Lukes was one of ten men, seven from the General Steam Navigation Co.'s 'Cologne', who manned a lifeboat and unsuccessfully attempted to rescue the crew of the brig 'May Flower', driven ashore in a gale off Boulogne.
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Object Details
ID: | MED0496 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Lifesaving award |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wyon, J.; Wyon, J. |
Date made: | 1869 |
People: | Lukes, George; Royal Humane Society |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 38 mm |
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