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Award - Victoria Foreign Services Sea Gallantry Medal
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1853 |
| Type | Award medal |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a multi-line inscription naming the recipient and the act of gallantry, surmounted by a royal crown and flanked by two oak leaf sprays tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The circular border legend, read from the bottom, records the rescue event, the vessel saved, and the year 1853. |
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| Reverse lettering | FOR SAVING SIX OF THE CREW OF THE BRITISH BARQUE CHUSAN 1853 THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO CAPTAIN CORREO OF THE BRAZILIAN SHIP SOPHIA |
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