Orders, Decorations and Medals

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (Daniel Clarke, Wreck of the “Phocea” on the 23rd December 1894) some edge bruising, very fine £250-300

Third Hand Daniel Clarke and Fourth Hand John Mills, of the fishing smack Duke of London, were each awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry plus a gratuity of £2, for rescuing the crew of the fishing smack Phocea of Yarmouth, which was abandoned in the North Sea on 23 December 1894. Clarke and Mills manned the smack’s boat and at great risk effected the rescue. Their medals were presented at Yarmouth.