1592997036000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-156624 1747245970747 1711380557000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-156624 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156624 c4aadcca-20a1-32fe-bd28-adf88d93c142 5 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-125690 adlib-term-125690 5684fd8d-6e17-3f63-be07-a969a17a8f49 McKee Collection reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Diameter mm 57 Die Axis degrees 0 Weight g 98.14 Object reference term-119622 adlib-term-119622 dd6626e9-5822-307d-aa31-13c8813e7555 struck Coins and Medals The Sea Gallantry Medal was the first official medal rewarding civilian gallantry at sea. Designed by William Wyon, it was instituted by the Board of Trade in 1855, and is awarded by the sovereign of Great Britain on the Board's President's recommendation. It is awarded in silver and bronze, and in its initial size as seen here was not intended to be worn, although this piece bears the remains of a suspension at the top indicating that the recipient did attempt to wear it. In 1903 the medal was reduced in size so that it could be worn in uniform. This example of the medal was awarded to Henry (or "Harry") Meader, one of the crew of the Ramsgate lifeboat who set out to rescue the crew of the wrecked Indian Chief off Clacton Sands on the night of 5th/6th January 1881. This justly famous rescue became the subject of a poem by William McGonagal, but the reader may think Meader's medal a more ageless tribute to his bravery. CM.6241-2007 1 accession number CM.6241-2007 156624 priref 156624 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156624 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156624 Head of Victoria, wreathed, left, with inscriptions around obverse AWARDED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE design Man kneeling left on raft supporting recumbent seaman lying head left, with woman and child left also on raft behind to right, behind raft a man seated left on broken spar waving signal with right hand to distant lifeboat sailing right through heavy seas reverse design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-89798 adlib-agent-89798 08d1eff6-a523-3ca4-b073-76d333a7fe0a McKee, John 2005 2005 2005-05-21 bequeathed Entry date: 2007-06-04 1881 CE 1881 1881 struck in the name of ruler reference agent-151398 adlib-agent-151398 bb2cd0a1-0a27-3787-a684-475d3b199972 Victoria (1837-1901) with the title of ruler reference agent-179088 adlib-agent-179088 3bc23062-77a9-38f8-944f-1535b2a4d25d V. R. artist reference agent-174958 adlib-agent-174958 56df1e80-6ad6-3782-b935-f794467ef93f Wyon, Benjamin issuer reference agent-157600 adlib-agent-157600 298dd859-9b0d-3387-8a6a-ecbc021d81b6 Board of Trade mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London Inscribed around edge HENRY MEADER WRECK OF THE "INDIAN CHIEF" ON THE 5th - 6th JANUARY 1881 reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference media-136399 adlib-media-136399 6952ce4c-1463-3a24-8916-a79ef1646f72 jpeg cm/cm18/CM_6241_2007_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 353 1616258796702 1 image jpeg cm/cm18/CM_6241_2007_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 353 1616258796702 1 image jpeg cm/cm18/CM_6241_2007_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 353 1616258796702 1 image jpeg cm/cm18/preview_CM_6241_2007_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 258 width pixels 250 1616258796702 1 image 0 media image reference media-136400 adlib-media-136400 e558a1ef-6a9a-3a02-9d4b-bfdc1ba48592 jpeg cm/cm18/CM_6241_2007_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 353 1616282916270 1 image jpeg cm/cm18/CM_6241_2007_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 353 1616282916270 1 image jpeg cm/cm18/CM_6241_2007_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 353 1616282916270 1 image jpeg cm/cm18/preview_CM_6241_2007_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 258 width pixels 250 1616282916270 1 image 1 media image reference term-125691 adlib-term-125691 a4e35d1c-ddcd-3792-88c4-e2cc507b07b2 Sea Gallantry Medal denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-1987 adlib-term-1987 6c06b083-c18f-3c2e-b205-855c832e0e16 prize subseries reference term-107681 adlib-term-107681 e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8 Britain subsubseries reference term-125669 adlib-term-125669 b4616291-f77c-3411-b252-fecbc7e7df3e B. WYON SC. signatures history note From a collection bequeathed by Mr McKee to the Art Fund, which has allowed various museums to make selections from it reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-200002123 adlib-publication-200002123 b1566f7c-fa91-3e59-85e8-1628b7252e2c Wreck of the Indian Chief. Noble Service of the "Bradford" Life-Boat

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