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Description: | Obverse: Foreground an angel bestows laurel wreath on a rescuer attending to a shipwrecked seaman and comforts the family of the injured man; background, a lighthouse and cliff (R) and a foundered sailing ship (L) with a boat pulling towards the shore, the whole surrounded by a heaving line and the legend: "SUNT LACRYMAE RERUM SUNT ET SUA PRAEMIA LAUDI". Reverse: A ships lifebelt with the name of the Society surrounds the inscription. Inscription on lifebelt: "NATIONAL SHIPWRECK RELIEF SOCIETY OF N.S.W." Inscription: "AWARDED TO CHAS. W. BAKER for an act of bravery ON 3 JUNE 1882". Fitted loop and bar suspended by a dark blue ribbon.
Inscription. AQN: Spink & Son (agent).
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Charles W. Baker lifesaving medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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