Lifesaving scene. A man is standing in a boat, a coil of rope under his left arm, he directs oarsmen with his right hand to pull for the wreck of the Metis. One of the men in the boat is lifting a woman from the sea into the boat.
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Inscription in oak wreath.
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BY RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS, FEBRUARY
24, 1873
TO [blank] FOR COURAGE AND HUMANITY IN THE SAVING OF LIFE FROM THE
WRECK OF THE STEAMER `METIS` ON LONG ISLAND SOUND, AUGUST 31,
1872.;
MARKS: W. & C. BARBER
