Orders, Decorations and Medals

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (Thomas Sherman, Wreck of the “Irwell” of London on the 13th of Feb. 1880) good very fine £250-300

Able Seaman Thomas Sherman of the steamship City of Brussels, of Liverpool, was awarded the Board of Trade Gallantry Medal in Bronze, for his part in the rescue of two women from the Irwell, of London, wrecked off Nova Scotia on 13 February 1880. The crew of the Irwell had managed to get on board the City of Brussels from their own boat; the captain’s wife and a stewardess were rescued at great risk by a boat from the City of Brussels in a heavy and dangerous sea. The Captain of the City of Brussels was awarded the Board of Trade Humanity Medal in Silver; Sherman and seven others were awarded the Gallantry Medal in Bronze.

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