Falmouth, Truro, Helston, Penryn and St. Ives Medal Commemorating the Loss of the East Indiaman “Kent” 1825, obverse: the East Indiaman ‘Kent’ in flames and the brig ‘Cambria’ sending two boats to the rescue, in exergue: ‘1 March 1825’; reverse: ‘To commemorate the destruction of the Kent East Indiamen by fire, in the Bay of Biscay; and the reception on board the brig Cambria, William Cook, Master, of 547 persons, thus providentially delivered from death’ (Mr Iohn Riddell), 48mm., silver, Ref: B.H.M. 1250, minor edge bruising, good very fine £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Prize, Training Ship, Nursing & Other Medals from the James N. Spencer Collection.

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Sold with copied extracts from Historical Record of the 31st Foot, by Richard Cannon and ‘The Melancholy loss of the Kent, East Indiaman’, by Daniel Fearon, O.M.R.S. Journal, Winter 1988. See lot xxxx for an account of the rescue.