Orders, Decorations and Medals

Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Mr Jethro Pettit. Voted 1st August 1901) with uniface ‘double dolphin’ suspension, mounted as worn, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Life Saving Awards formed by The Late W.H. Fevyer.

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Ref. Spink Exhibition 1985, No. 69.

Jethro Pettit, Coxswain of the Broadstairs Lifeboat.

‘“In recognition of his good services in the boat during the period in which he held office” (1891-1901). Rescues were carried out from the schooner Suomi (1894), the ketch Martin Luther (1895), the brig Flamingo (1896), the ketch Firefly (1897), the schooner Julia (1899), the brig Mary Kate, the yawl Dorothy, and the S.S. Sir Robert Peel (1900)’ (Ref. Lifeboat Gallantry, by Barry Cox).