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Royal National Lifeboat Institution silver medal 1824-1857
Royal National Lifeboat Institution silver meda awarded to James Fitzjames for saving a Custom House Officer from drowning at Liverpool.
Obverse: Head of George IV (left). Legend outer: 'ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK'. Legend inner: 'GEORGE THE FOURTH PATRON 1824'. Below the truncation: 'W. WYON MINT'.
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 a spar: 'W. WYON MINT'. Inscription on edge: 'MR JAMES FITZJAMES, R.N. VOTED 11 FEB:1835'. Fitted with a straight suspension bar and extra wide light blue ribbon. In fitted case of issue. Inscription: 'MORTIMER & HUNT....156 NEW BOND STREET'.
Commander James Fitzjames commanded HMS 'Erebus' during Sir John Franklin's last expedition of 1845.
Obverse: Head of George IV (left). Legend outer: 'ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK'. Legend inner: 'GEORGE THE FOURTH PATRON 1824'. Below the truncation: 'W. WYON MINT'.
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 a spar: 'W. WYON MINT'. Inscription on edge: 'MR JAMES FITZJAMES, R.N. VOTED 11 FEB:1835'. Fitted with a straight suspension bar and extra wide light blue ribbon. In fitted case of issue. Inscription: 'MORTIMER & HUNT....156 NEW BOND STREET'.
Commander James Fitzjames commanded HMS 'Erebus' during Sir John Franklin's last expedition of 1845.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1359 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Lifesaving award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mortimer & Hunt; Wyon, William |
| Date made: | 1824 |
| People: | Fitzjames, James; King George IV |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 120 mm x 50 mm |