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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 183

Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life From Shipwreck Medal, silver, type 1 1824-62, obverse: head of King George IV facing left (Lieut. John Sargeant R.N. Voted. 5 Jan: 1831.), engraved in upright serif capitals, good very fine, pierced at top, as issued, with silver ring suspension Estimate £ 550-650 John Sargeant, Lieutenant, R.N., H.M. Coastguard, Budleigh Salterton, citation reads, ´6 December 1830: The brig Unity was driven ashore near Exmouth, Devon, during a violent storm. The Manby rocket apparatus failed because the line broke. Lieutenant Sargeant went into the surf with a rope and with the assistance of two of his crew and several inhabitants succeeded in saving the whole crew of seven.´ Provenance: J.B. Hayward Collection, November 1995

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