LARGE BRONZE LLOYDS MEDAL FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA, HMS WIDGEON 1842

Large Bronze Lloyds medal for saving life at sea
To-DANIEL.TRIM. SEAMAN OF HER MAJESTY'S.
MAIL.PACKET.WIDGEON.30th.MARCH.1842
One of two silver & five bronze medals as awarded to the crew of Widgeon for saving the crew of the Minerva of Jersey when wrecked near Calais 10-3-1842.
The Recipient was also awarded a Royal Humane society medal for the rescue.
NEF/EF & Complete with basic research details including a copy article about the rescue from the Times newspaper.
His RHS medal was last seen on the market at DNW / Noonans as lot 639 15-12-2000

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