Lot Archive

Lot

№ 595 x

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£450

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (Arthur Robinson, Wreck of the “Nonpareil” on the 22nd September 1900) edge bruising, good very fine £400-500

Able Seaman Arthur Robinson, of the sailing-ship Nonpareil, of London, was awarded the Board of Trade Gallantry Medal in Silver for the rescue effected upon the Nonpareil. Six silver medals were awarded to men of the Glengoil and three to men of the Nonpareil for this action.