Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services), V.R., large medal, 45mm. dia. and 6mm. thick, struck in white metal, reverse inscription within wreath engraved, ‘To Louis Rapin from the British Government’; inscription outside of wreath engraved, ‘For Saving the Lives of British Subjects 1841’, very fine £40-60