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Tyne Wrecked Mariners' Home
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a lifesaving medal. Obverse: A lifeboat picking up survivors from a shipwreck, a high cliff on which are ruined houses behind. Reverse: Legend: 'TYNE WRECKED MARINERS HOME'. Across the field: 'IN FORCE DURING THE YEAR 1845.'
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC0872 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1845 |
| People: | Tyne Wrecked Mariner's Home |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 4 mm x 44 mm |