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Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal for Gallantry
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal for Gallantry, with case of issue. 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'. Suspended by a bar attached to two dolphins from a medium blue ribbon. Inscribed on the edge: 'MR. THO. COOPER . JUNIOR voted 3rd FEBY. 1881.'
Thomas William Cooper (1848-1929) was a member of the crew of the Ramsgate lifeboat 'Bradford'. She went to the aid of the 'Indian Chief' wrecked on the Long Sand off Ramsgate on 5 January 1881. There were 11 survivors.
Thomas William Cooper (1848-1929) was a member of the crew of the Ramsgate lifeboat 'Bradford'. She went to the aid of the 'Indian Chief' wrecked on the Long Sand off Ramsgate on 5 January 1881. There were 11 survivors.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA4733 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Lifesaving award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Vessels: | Indian Chief |
| Date made: | 1862-1902 |
| People: | Cooper, Thomas William |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 35 mm |
| Parts: | Royal National Lifeboat Institution Silver Medal for Gallantry |