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Medal - Life saving
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1850 |
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| Weight | 35.2 g |
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| Obverse description | A three-masted sailing vessel driven onto rocky shores in heavy seas, depicted in three-quarter port view with distress signals flying from the rigging. In the right foreground, a lifeboat crewed by oarsmen rows to the rescue through breaking waves, with rocky cliffs visible at right. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | TO / HE RISKED HIS OWN / TO SAVE ANOTHER'S / LIFE |
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