Awarded to John Henry Morris RN (1858-1945). Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria laureate (left). Below bust 'V.R'. Legend: 'AWARDED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE'. Reverse: Three men, one of whom is signalling to a rescuing life-boat in the distance and a woman with a baby, on a raft and a broken spar in a stormy sea. Inscription on edge: 'JOHN MORRIS WRECK OF THE NORTHERN BELLE ON THE 13TH JANUARY 1895'. Fitted with a bar and blue ribbon.

On 13 January 1895, the barque 'Northern Belle', bound from St Valerie to Ipswich with a cargo of phosphates, rang aground off Sandgate, Kent, in bad weather. The local coastguard, using rocket apparatus, put an initial thin line onboard but the crew of 'Northern Belle' were not able to complete the proceedure by using this line to get a block with an endless rope or 'whip' attached to it, onboard and secured. John Morris volunteered to swim to the stranded vessel, partly using the line already in place. He sorted out the ropes communicating with the shore and landed three crew members and himself by breeches buoy.