Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Mayor of Deal Medal for Lifesaving 1914, by J.D. & Co., 32mm., silver, engraved, obverse inscribed, ‘Presented by the Mayor of Deal Ald. Redsull’; reverse inscribed, ‘To Annie Crew for prompt rescue H.M.S. Niger, Nov. 11th 1914’ (William Trott) hallmarks for Birmingham 1914, ring suspension, very fine £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine Collection of Life Saving Awards.

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On 11 November 1914, the torpedo gunboat H.M.S. Niger was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Deal Pier. No lives were lost; the ship’s company being taken off by the Deal and Kingsdown lifeboats and nearby beach boats. The Annie was one such beach boat. The medal is referred to in L.S.A.R.S. Journal No. 17, p.18-20. With newspaper clipping re. the sinking and rescue and a copied photograph of the Niger.