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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 197

An Extremely Rare ´E.VII.R.´ R.N.L.I. Lifesaving Pair to J.D. Armstrong, Colliery Bank Keeper, Northumberland Rocket Apparatus Volunteer Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (John Armstrong); Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, silver, type 3 1903-12, obverse: bust of King Edward VII in ermine cape facing left (Mr. John Dawson Armstrong, Voted 12th May 1910), engraved in mixed styles, suspension slack on last, otherwise extremely fine, last with double-sided ´dolphin´ suspension, both in fitted cases of issue (2) Estimate £ 1,200-1,600 John Dawson Armstrong, Colliery Bank Keeper, citation reads, ´18 April 1910: The Newbiggin coble Sunbeam was seen to capsize in a southerly gale in Druridge Bay, near Hauxley, Northumberland. Sending one their number to alert Hauxley lifeboat, Mr. Armstrong and four others put off in a small coble and succeeded in picking up the three men clinging to the casualty. With eight men on board, the rescue craft was seriously over loaded and, on the timely arrival of the lifeboat Mary Andrew, they transferred to her and were landed at Hauxley with despatch.´ Only 3 Gold and 75 Silver medals were issued during the period 1903-11 and bear the effigy of King Edward VII, although 8 silver clasps were also granted for additional service. Provenance: J.B. Hayward Collection, November 1995

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