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UNITED STATES, gold State Department Lifesaving medal, First Class, awarded by President McKinley to

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UNITED STATES, gold State Department Lifesaving medal, First Class, awarded by President McKinley to
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UNITED STATES, gold State Department Lifesaving medal, First Class, awarded by President McKinley to seaman W.P. Pattison of the British steamship Mokta for his heroic services on February 27, 1900, in the rescue of four men of the American schooner Golden Sheaf, unique, NGC AU 58 (photo certificate). J-LS-3. 44.00 grams. 35 mm. This .900 gold medal shows Liberty on the obverse inside the legend PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, with a wreath border on the reverse surrounding engraved script commemorating the presentation of this medal "To W.P. Pattison, seaman of the British steamship 'Mokta' in recognition of his heroic services in effecting the rescue February 27, 1900 of four men of the American schooner 'Golden Sheaf' wrecked at sea." The medal is suspended from a hanger bar with E PLURIBUS UNUM partially covered by a shield. According to The Cambrian issue of December 7th, 1900, the Mokta "on a voyage from Huelva to Philadelphia, was some 400 or 500 miles from the American seaboard in the North Atlantic, [when] they sighted the American schooner, Golden Sheaf, flying signals of distress." The Mokta launched a lifeboat in "a hurricane of wind, and a mountainous sea" crewed by one officer and six men who, upon reaching the Golden Sheaf, were able to transport four men in need of rescue by tying ropes about their waists and dragging them behind the lifeboat back to the Mokta. After landing in Philadelphia, the crew of the Mokta were celebrated in American newspapers and those British sailors participating in the rescue were eventually awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal, First Class by President McKinley. Lustrous example of this unique medal with just a touch of handling and hairlines from wear and display.
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