ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, V.R. (Mr. John Wright, Voted 3rd Septr. 1874), good very fine

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ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, V.R. (Mr. John Wright, Voted 3rd Septr. 1874), good very fine

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R.N.L.I. Medal 15.6.1869 'Mr. Wright swam ashore from the Greenock barque Alceste with a line after she had gone ashore in a heavy sea at Portlaine Bay, Bingower, Co. Donegal, Ireland. 15 crew members were rescued by this means'.