Captain Thomas Green’s silver Medals for Heroic Conduct at Sea dated

One medal from Captain Logan of the Mars is inscribed ‘Presented by Captn. John Logan, of the Ship Mars that was Wrecked in a gale on the Gunfleet Sands, Jany. 12th 1837. To Captn. Thos. Wm. Green, for his heroic conduct in being the first Man to Jump overboard and haul the boat over the sand thus saving Captn. Logan and ten of his crew’. The reverse has a fine repoussé scene of a three masted barque rolling in heavy seas, all within a fine twisted rope border. It is suspended from a white ribbon with blue edges and two silver bars inscribed ‘May God protect You’ – ‘In every Storm’. Assay marks for George Adams (Chawner & Co), London, 1838.

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