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Lifesaving award
Awarded to Joachim Heinrich Christoph Satow (1794-1850), Pilot Commander of the Port of Riga. Obverse: Head of Carl Johan XIV (right) with draped robe at neck. Legend: 'CAROLVS XIV IOH.REX SVECIAE ET NORVEGIAE'. Below: 'L.G.' Reverse inscription: 'ILLIS QUORUM MERUERE LABORES' (to those whose labours have deserved it). Bound in a volume of letters of commendation.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2206 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Lifesaving award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Wreck of the Amphitrite, 1828 |
| Date made: | 1828 |
| People: | Satow, Joachim Heinrich Christoph |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 43 mm |