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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 29  19 Mar 2019
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Lot 1753

Estimate: 500 GBP
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Commemorative Medals, Lifesaving, Lloyd's Medal for Saving Life at Sea, the large silver medal, 1839, by William Wyon, Leucothoe hovers above Ulysses, who clings to the mast of a sinking ship, and offers him her scarf, LEUCOTHOE NAUFRAGO SUCCURRIT, rev. OB CIVES SERVATOS within wreath, PRESENTED BY LLOYD'S around, 73mm. (Eimer 1333; Jones, Art of the Medal, 287; MH.1919, 853; Payne 314/1), lightly buffed but extremely fine and extremely rare
Whilst the medal is dated to 1839, the award was sanctioned in 1836.
(500-700 GBP)
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