A Sea Gallantry Medal For The Wreck Of The Androsa; 1897 Hold indicating the rank to be

indicating the rank to be that of Major

October 18

Only minor surface rust and missing right buckle fastener

King Dennis I (1261-1325) had requested the creation of a new order to replace the suppressed Order of the Knights Templars (Pope Clement V

and is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery

A Sea Gallantry Medal For The Wreck Of The Androsa; 1897 Hold indicating the rank to beA 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