Orders, Decorations and Medals

Royal National Lifeboat Institution, silver, G.IV.R. (Mr. George Farrin, Voted The 6th June 1861) some edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine £200-250

George Farrin was Master Gunner of H.M.S. Ajax. He was awarded the R.N.L.I. silver medal for a rescue on 9 February 1861: ‘Captain Boyd, Lieutenant Dyer and Mr. Farrin, all serving in the screw steamer H.M.S. Ajax, assisted to save the crew of the brig Neptune wrecked during a heavy gale on the East Pier of Kingston, Co Dublin, Ireland. Captain Boyd, with other members of his crew, was swept to his death off the pier. The silver medal, accompanied by a letter of condolence, was presented to his widow.’