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Description: | lifesaving medal Two casts, obverse and reverse. See NMM S136. Obv. Three masted vessel wrecked on shore, three men on beach, lighthouse left. Rev. Inscription in Persian "His Excellency the Right Honourable Stephen Rumbold Lushington, Bahadur, Governor and Privy Councillor". "This award is made for bravery displayed during a hurricane at Madras on the 6th of December, 1827".
Inscription. Two casts, obverse and reverse. See NMM S136. Obv. Three masted vessel wrecked on shore, three men on beach, lighthouse left. Rev. Inscription in Persian "His Excellency the Right Honourable Stephen Rumbold Lushington, Bahadur, Governor and Privy Councillor". "This award is made for bravery displayed during a hurricane at Madras on the 6th of December, 1827". | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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