Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Sea Gallantry Medal, E.VII.R., small, bronze (Richard James Hewitt, “Gothic”, 26th January 1910), refixed suspension, onetime swivel-mounted, polished, fine £80-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners.

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Richard James Hewitt was employed as a 2nd Hand in the trawler Oldham at the time of winning his Sea Gallantry Medal, in bronze, on 26 January 1910. On that occasion, in company with another deck hand from the Oldham, he manned a boat that rescued four men from the sinking Hull trawler Gothic; sold with further details.