Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Albert Medal, 1st Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, gold and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘The Property of the Board of Trade’, reverse of the crown with maker’s cartouché Phillips, Cockspur St., and officially numbered ‘49’, extremely fine £2400-2800

Specimens of the gold and bronze Albert Medals for Sea and Land are recorded to have been produced for Queen Victoria, and it is likely that additional specimens for both Albert Medals for Sea were presented to the Board of Trade, and the Albert Medals for Land to the Home Office, as the relevant Government Departments.

Only 25 Albert Medals in Gold for Saving Life at Sea have been awarded 1866-1945.