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Description: | Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria wearing an oak wreath (L). Legend outer: "ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION FOUNDED 1824 - INCORPORATED 1860". Legend inner: "VICTORIA PATRONESS". Below truncation: "L.C.WYON". Reverse: Three men in a boat pulling a fourth out of the water, a broken spar below. Legend: "LET NOT THE DEEP SWALLOW ME UP". On spar: "W.WYON MINT". Bar: "SECOND SERVICE". Suspended by a bar attached to two dolphins, from a medium blue ribbon with an inscribed silver bar.
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caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | gallantry medals Queen Victoria Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifesaving medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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