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Auction 49 5 Oct 2021
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The sinking of the Titanic, Captain Arthur Henry Rostron (1869-1940) of the SS Carpathia, uniface bronze medal, 1912, by Theodore Spicer-Simson, S.S. TITANIC ~ APRIL 15 1912 ~ S.S. CARPATHIA ~ CAPTAIN ROSTRON, bust r., 51mm. (Eimer 1929; Milford Haven II, 716; Fearon 363.3), extremely fine
bt. SNC March 1999.
The Carpathia famously responded to the Titanic's radio distress signal and was to save some 750 survivors. Captain Rostron was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of the United States, this with a left facing portrait and also by Theodore Spicer-Simson. The Gold Medal is held by the Merseyside Maritime Museum. It is thought that no more than 500 of the bronze medals were ever struck.
(400-600 GBP)
bt. SNC March 1999.
The Carpathia famously responded to the Titanic's radio distress signal and was to save some 750 survivors. Captain Rostron was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of the United States, this with a left facing portrait and also by Theodore Spicer-Simson. The Gold Medal is held by the Merseyside Maritime Museum. It is thought that no more than 500 of the bronze medals were ever struck.
(400-600 GBP)