Obverse: On a decorated pedestal Cupid standing, his right resting on a globe and left hand holding a torch, above a spray of laurel tied with a bow, oak sprays on either side, below a torch, quiver, bow and arrows tied with a rose festoon. Inscription: 'AMOR'. Legend: 'IN MEMORIA ETERNIAE'. Reverse: Inscription: 'A SOCIETY OF YOUNG LADIES HAVE PRESENTED THIS MEDAL TO LIEUTNT. WM. PEARSE R.N. IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR REGARD FOR HIS HEROIC EXPLOITS BY RESCUING THE LIVES OF 12 OF HIS FELLOW CREATURES FROM A WATERY GRAVE' (sic). On a ribbon.