Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea pair awarded to Third Hand J. Nixon, of the Steam Tug Circe

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (Joseph Nixon, Wreck of the “Boreas” on the 26th November 1896); Germany, Oldenburg, Medal of Merit for Saving Life, by Brehmer, 30mm, silver, the edge engraved ‘Seermann Joseph Nixon, Sherbch, Boston, 18 Oct. 1901’, both housed in the base of a fitted case, edge bruising to first, good very fine (2) £700-£900

Joseph Nixon, Third Hand of the Steam Tug Circe, was awarded the Board of Trade Gallantry Medal in Silver for a rescue effected upon the schooner Boreas of Bristol. Three silver medals were awarded for this rescue action. He was later awarded a lifesaving medal from the German Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.