A Sea Gallantry Medal For The Wreck Of The Androsa; 1897 certificate_of_authenticity War Merit Cross 1st Class

War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords - In silvered tombac

The wrecksite is designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Reamins Act 1986

is from simply the insertion and with drawl of the blade into the scabbard

silvered hour and minute hands

A Sea Gallantry Medal For The Wreck Of The Androsa; 1897 certificate_of_authenticity War Merit Cross 1st ClassA Sea Gallantry Medal for the Wreck of the Androsa; March 8, 1897 Description: Bronze, engraved in capitals "JOHN D. BORDESSA WRECK OF THE "ANDROSA" ON THE 8th MARCH 1897." on the rim, obverse illustrating the left facing bust of a young Queen Victoria, surrounded by the inscription "AWARDED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE V. R." and engraver marked "B. WYON SC." (Bernard Wyon) below the bust, reverse illustrating a family on a