Lot 668
668
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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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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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Lot Essay

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'.