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Auction: 11010 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 297

Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left (Mr. William Henry Taylor. Voted 10th. December 1891.), engraved in mixed styles, with uniface ´dolphin´ suspension, good very fine, in R.N.L.I. leather case of issue Estimate £ 340-380 William Henry Taylor, Labourer, citation reads: ´11th November 1891: In a very heavy sea and a southerly gale, a Deal lugger was driven ashore between Littlestone and St. Mary´s, Kent, Coastguard stations. Messrs. Taylor and Standing entered the water and saved two of the lugger´s crew. On emerging from the water, both were greatly exhausted and had to be treated like those they had rescued.´ For this action Taylor and Edward Standing, Labourer, were both awarded the R.N.L.I. silver medal. Provenance: Sotheby, February 1985

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