IDENTIFIERS
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id:	156547
accession number:	CM.28-2005

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 30 June 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Although sailors of the Merchant Navy were in all ways at the front line of conflict in the Second World War, as casualties caused by submarines, mines and aircraft amply tell even without the ordinary dangers of traffic by sea, the British naval establishment had no awards that could be made for acts of bravery in the service, as opposed to campaign medals for service of all kinds in particular areas. In 1939 therefore the well-known maritime insurers, Lloyds of London, set up a committee to award such a decoration to seafarers who performed exceptional acts of courage at sea. The award was announced in December 1940, and the first issues made in March 1941. Awards continued until 1948, all for Second World War service, and the medal was thereafter discontinued. The actual medal was designed by Allan Gairdner Wyon, and this piece is a specimen in bronze; the Museum also has one in white metal.
title:	Medal for Bravery at Sea

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From the estate of the late Mrs Venetia M. Watson, daughter of the artist


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals
collection:	Wyon Collection

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156547





CATEGORIES
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category: medal

DATING
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creation date:	1940 - 1903
creation date earliest:	1940
creation date latest:	1903

CREATORS
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maker: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
maker: Lloyds of London


CITATIONS
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Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea (Part One)
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