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Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society Silver Marine Medal 1874
Obverse: A man kneeling on a piece of wreckage saving a woman and child from the water; in the distance a boat picking up a person from the water, a ship under sail on the horizon. Legend: 'LORD SAVE US WE PERISH'. Reverse: Within an oak wreath a 'Liver' Bird with an olive branch in its beak. (The crest of Liverpool). Legend: 'LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY 1839'. Inscription on edge: 'TO COMDR. GEORGE H. HARRIS. S.S. OXFORDSHIRE FOR GALLANT SERVICE 6/2/18'. Fitted with cusped bar, blue ribbon and buckle.
Awarded to George H. Harris (1854-1929). He received this second Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society for his war service in SS 'Oxfordshire' then requisitioned from the Bibby Line and serving as a shuttle hospital ship in the English Channel.
Awarded to George H. Harris (1854-1929). He received this second Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society for his war service in SS 'Oxfordshire' then requisitioned from the Bibby Line and serving as a shuttle hospital ship in the English Channel.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0514 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Lifesaving award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Oxfordshire 1912 (SS) |
| Date made: | circa 1918 |
| People: | Harris, George Henry; Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 38 mm |
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