Royal Humane Society Medal, Type 2, 1844 Archive later achiving the rank of

later achiving the rank of Able Seaman on November 4

one small dent on top

As a "spare crew member"

officially impressedin large capitals: THOS

S57 was so badly damaged that it had to be detonated by the crew at 4:32 am

Royal Humane Society Medal, Type 2, 1844 Archive later achiving the rank ofSilver, large successful type 2 by Pistrucci, engraved "HAMMOND MAXTED. VIT. OB. SERV. D. D. SOC. REG. HVM. 21. SEPT. 1844" on the reverse, 51 mm, missing suspension, minor contact marks, very fine. Footnote: On September 21, 1844, about seven o'clock in the evening, a young man was found trapped clinging to a rock, having been hemmed in by the sea opposite Cliff Crescent in Margate, East Kent, England. Two seperate boats were launched at different