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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 182

Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life From Shipwreck Medal, silver, type 1 1824-62, obverse: head of King George IV facing left, with ´second award´ silver boat (Mr. Richard Eddy, Voted 19 March 1834), engraved in upright serif capitals, the medal officially fitted with a thin silver frame carrying the naming details and the silver boat pendent below from two short silver chains, extremely fine and very rare, with eyelet suspension and riband ring, in contemporary fitted red leather case Estimate £ 1,500-2,000 Richard Eddy, Pilot, citation reads, ´23 November 1824: A violent storm caused at least 22 vessels to be wrecked off Plymouth, Devon. Mr. Eddy launched his skiff to try to save as many people as possible. The Coromandel had been upset off the Eddystone Reef and had drifted for some hours before striking the break-water off Plymouth, two of her crew being washed overboard and drowned. With his crew, Mr. Eddy saved four survivors from the ship, which had been in passage from Faro to the Downs.´ Richard Eddy, Pilot, citation reads, ´13-14 January 1843: The ship Konigsberg, enroute from Memel, Prussia to Lisbon, Portugal, was driven on to rocks near Plymouth, Devon during the night, and Mr. Eddy, with others, reached her with two large boats at 1am then tacked about until daylight when they anchored. Their two small boats were hoisted out and, in six trips each, the whole crew of the Master, Mate and ten men were brought off, one of the boats being upset on the third trip. This service seems to have been a family affair as included among Mr. Eddy´s crew were three sons and two sons-in-law.´ Richard Eddy had previously received a silver medal for the rescue in November 1824. The above R.N.I.P.L.S. Medal is 1 of 6 Silver Medals awarded with ´Boats´. Provenance: J.B. Hayward Collection, November 1995

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