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Description: | Board of Trade Sea Gallantry Medal, bronze, with case of issue. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria laureate (left). Below bust: 'V.R.' Legend: 'AWARDED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE'. Signed: 'W. WYON' on truncation. 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. Inscribed on the edge: 'THOMAS COOPER (JUNIOR) WRECK OF THE "INDIAN CHIEF" ON THE 5TH-6TH JANUARY 1881'.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Indian Chief Thomas W. Cooper | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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