Royal National Lifeboat Institution, G.IV.R., silver (R. N. Barron Esq. Voted 7 March 1861), uniface ‘double-dolphin’ suspension, good very fine £250-300

Ex J. B. Hayward Collection, Spink 7 November 1995.

R.N.L.I. Silver Medals awarded to Master Mariner Augustin Dower and Robert N. Baron Esquire on 7 March 1861.

‘19 February 1861: The Cork brigantine Susan was wrecked off Ballinacourty, ten miles from Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland, during severe weather. Mr Barron, Captain Dower and four other men put off and, at considerable risk to life, saved two out the brigantine’s crew of six men.’