Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (Arthur Cuthbertson, Wreck of the “Eugene Desire” on the 4th March-1881) in red leather case, nearly extremely fine £250-300

Arthur Cuthbertson and John Avid, were each awarded the Board of Trade Gallantry Medal in Bronze for their part in the rescue of five of the crew of six from the French brig Eugène Desiré of St. Malo, that was wrecked near Carskey Bay on the Mull of Kintyre.