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Award - Victoria Board of Trade Medal, silver
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1855 |
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| Diameter | 58 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed laureate bust of Queen Victoria facing left, her hair elaborately dressed with a laurel wreath and ribbon. The engraver's signature 'B. WYON SC.' appears below the truncation. The circular legend reads 'AWARDED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA' with the royal cypher 'V. R.' at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | AWARDED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA V. R. |
| Reverse description | A finely modelled high-relief allegorical scene depicting shipwreck survivors on a rocky shore amid turbulent waves. A standing male figure waves a cloth to signal a distant lifeboat visible at upper left, while a prostrate figure lies exhausted in the foreground and a woman cradles an infant at right. The engraver's signature 'R. WYON' appears at lower left. |
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