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Description: | Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria laureate (L). 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: "ALFRED JACOBS WRECK OF THE "AIDAR" ON THE 19TH JANUARY 1896". Fitted with a bar and blue ribbon.
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caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | gallantry medals fl.1896 Jacobs Aidar Queen Victoria Board of Trade Alfredfl lifesaving medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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