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Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners Royal Benevolent Society Medal 1851
Obverse: A shipwreck (right) supported by the royal crown above with laurel sprays and a flag on either side; a man with a telescope and gun apparatus (left) and a body on a beach, stormy sea and rocks behind. Legend: 'Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society ESTABD . A . D . 1839 INCD BY ACT OF PARLT . 1850'. Reverse: Inscription: 'PRESENTED FOR HEROIC EXERTIONS IN SAVING LIFE FROM DROWNING. JOB XXIX.13'. Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Inscription on edge: 'R. P.G. FERRIES. APPRENTICE BARQUE "FASCADALE" FEB:7.1895'. Fitted with a double dolphin suspension bar.
Awarded to Robert Patrick Gordon Ferries (1875-1940) for helping to rescue some of the crew of the wrecked barque 'Fascadale' by assisting a getting a line to a boat from the 'Norham Castle'.
Awarded to Robert Patrick Gordon Ferries (1875-1940) for helping to rescue some of the crew of the wrecked barque 'Fascadale' by assisting a getting a line to a boat from the 'Norham Castle'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0517 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Lifesaving award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Stokes, J. |
| Vessels: | Fascadale (1890) |
| Date made: | 1839; 1895 |
| People: | Ferries, Robert Patrick Gordon; Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |
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