A Sea Gallantry Medal For The Wreck Of The Androsa; 1897 GTRexclude silver with gold and enamel

silver with gold and enamel appliqu

each with a signature below

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handmade and hand chiseled

A Sea Gallantry Medal For The Wreck Of The Androsa; 1897 GTRexclude silver with gold and enamelA Sea Gallantry Medal for the Wreck of the Androsa; March 8, 1897 Description: Bronze, engraved in capitals "JOHN D. BORDESSA WRECK OF THE "ANDROSA" ON THE 8th MARCH 1897." on the rim, obverse illustrating the left facing bust of a young Queen Victoria, surrounded by the inscription "AWARDED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE V. R." and engraver marked "B. WYON SC." (Bernard Wyon) below the bust, reverse illustrating a family on a