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Description: | Obverse: Head of Edward VII (L). Below bust "E.R.I.". Legend: "FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA". 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. Inscription on edge: "JAMES SIMEY. WRECK OF THE "BRITISH KING" ON THE 11TH MARCH 1906". Fitted with a cusped bar and scarlet ribbon with narrow stripe near each edge.
Inscription. AQN: Spink & Son (agent).
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | gallantry medals Simey James British King fl.1906 VII Board of Trade lifesaving medals Edward | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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