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Description: | Obverse: Landscape view of the Island of Antigua, a palm tree (R) hills and a walled fortress in the distance. Legend: "ANTIGUA". Exergue: "NEC ASPERA TERRENT". Reverse: Inscription: "Presented by the Legislature of Antigua to (blank space) one of five of a boats crew from the ship Lydia of Liverpool who by their intrepid courage & at the risk of their own lives succeeded in rescuing from death three native seamen whose boat had been upset & sunk in a violent gale of wind off the harbour of St.John 12th Sepr 1846".
Inscription. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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