Lot 668
LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY MARINE MEDAL, 3rd type, silver (Geo. W. Muir, Chief Offcr. S.S. "Bavarian" for Rescuing with Boat's Crew 4 of the Crew of the "Eddy Pierce", Sep. 26, 1888), very fine
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GBP 230
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Extract from the Society's 50th Annual Report:
'Silver Medal and Vote of Thanks to Mr. George W. Muir, Chief Officer of the Steamship Bavarian, for having, on the 26 September 1888, with a boat's crew, rescued four men from the Schooner Eddy Pierce, which vessel was in a sinking condition on the American coast and had fallen over on her beam ends immediately before the rescue'.
'Silver Medal and Vote of Thanks to Mr. George W. Muir, Chief Officer of the Steamship Bavarian, for having, on the 26 September 1888, with a boat's crew, rescued four men from the Schooner Eddy Pierce, which vessel was in a sinking condition on the American coast and had fallen over on her beam ends immediately before the rescue'.