Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria wearing an oak wreath (left). Legend outer: 'ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION FOUNDED 1824 - INCORPORATED 1860'. Legend inner: 'VICTORIA PATRONESS'. Below truncation: 'L.C. WYON'. Reverse: Three men in a boat pulling a fourth out of the water, a broken spar below. Legend: 'LET NOT THE DEEP SWALLOW ME UP'. On spar: 'W. WYON MINT'. Bar: 'SECOND SERVICE'. Suspended by a bar attached to two dolphins, from a medium blue ribbon with an inscribed silver bar.