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Description: | Obverse: Head of George V (L). Below bust "G.R.I." Legend: "FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA". 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: "FREDERICK JAMES BAILEY "VOLTURNO" 9TH OCTOBER 1913". Fitted with a cusped bar and scarlet ribbon with narrow stripe near each edge and a pin brooch.
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caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | gallantry medals James Bailey Frederick Volturno fl.1913 Board of Trade fl.1913 King George V lifesaving medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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