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Description: | Awarded to Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton. Obverse: Head of George V (L). Below bust "G.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: "LIEUT.MAX.K.HORTON R.N. DELHI 13 DEC.1911". Fitted with a cusped bar and scarlet ribbon with narrow stripe near each edge and a pin brooch.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce.
caption: Obverse view of MED2559: Board of Trade Sea Gallantry Medal 1911-1936. Part of Horton Medal group.
caption: Reverse view of MED2559: Board of Trade Sea Gallantry Medal 1911-1936. Part of Horton Medal group.
caption: Obverse view of Horton Medals: MED2549, MED2559, MED2550, MED2551, MED2552, MED2560, MED2562, MED2553 & MED2554. See Note for medal order
caption: Horton Medal Group: MED2549-MED2554 with MED2559-MED2562. Photoshop image created from image L7356. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | gallantry medals Sir Max Kennedy Horton Delhi 1906 Max | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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