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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 188

Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 2 1862-1903, obverse: head of Queen Victoria with chaple of oak leaves facing left (Mr. John Marshall, Junr., Voted Decr. 3rd, 1874), engraved in mixed styles, virtually mint state, with uniface ´dolphin´ suspension, silver riband buckle and in fitted case of issue; with an open-faced silver pocket-watch, with silver dial and gold numerals, by R. Richardson, Seaham, the inner dome engraved ´John Marshall, 1876´, in good condition and in working order, with key (lot) Estimate £ 700-1,000 John Marshall, Junior, Second Coxswain, Seaham Lifeboat, citation reads, ´29 November 1874: The Wells schooner Lady Ann was driven by heavy seas against Seaham North Pier, Co. Durham, and wrecked. Three of her crew were saved by lines thrown on board from the Seaham lifeboat Sisters Carter of Harrogate, but her Master, entangled in the rigging, was too enfeebled to save himself. Mr. Marshall went on board, but, before he could reach him, the Master was washed overboard and lost.´ Provenance: J.B. Hayward Collection, November 1995

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