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Description: | Obverse: Within a raised circular border a dismasted vessel on her beam ends in a heavy sea (C) the crew lining her deck; a boat, below, manned, coming to her relief; a three-masted vessel, sails furled, standing by, (L) another in distance; wreckage below. Reverse: Against a background of a coast and lighthouse (L) and a three-masted ship under sail with a boat manned below; an oak scroll above, and spray below, a scroll inscription. "Presented by the Merchants and Citizens of New York to Edward Keays Commander of the ship Caroline, for his humane and gallant conduct in saving the lives of a number of his fellow beings, exposed to destruction on the ocean. 1854". Suspended from a foul anchor.
Inscription. AQN: Spink & Son (agent). | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Keays Caroline 1795 (HMS) lifesaving medals Edward | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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