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Life saving medal
Lifesaving medal. Obverse: Variant form of a Tau-Cross in shape showing a rocky shore with cliffs beyond and a turbulent sea. In the (right) foreground a young woman, in apron and shawl, faces (left) the sea and a wrecked sailing vessel, her left hand resting on a baulk of timber; before her flies a seagull. A short distance off the shore is a buoy. Reverse: Inscription, 'CONFÉRENCE INTERNATIONALE POUR LA SAUVEGARDE DE LA VIE HUMAINE EN MER. LONDRES - 1929. A.M.WALTER CARTER, LA DÉLÉGATION FRANÇAISE.' (In a gold-tooled red morocco box.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2270 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Lifesaving award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Prud'homme, Georges Henri |
| Places: | France |
| Events: | International Conference for the Safety of Human Life at Sea, 1929 |
| Date made: | 1929 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 76 x 69 mm |
| Parts: | Life saving medal |