Orders, Decorations and Medals

Board of Trade Medal for Humanity in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (William Parnell, Wreck of the “Caroline” on the 11th of Dec. 1891) minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine, rare £700-800

William Parnell, Skipper of the fishing smack British Queen, of Ramsgate, was awarded the Board of Trade Humanity Medal in Bronze, and his Second and Third Hands were each awarded the Board of Trade Gallantry Medal in Bronze with a gratuity of £2, for the rescue of the crew of the brigantine Caroline, of Faversham, in the North Sea on 11 December 1891 (Ref. The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scarlett).

Only 43 ‘Humanity’ medals were awarded, of which just 6 were issued in Bronze.

Withdrawn