A Sea Gallantry Medal For The Wreck Of The Androsa; 1897 GTRexclude 1947 at the age of

1947 at the age of 64

handmade and hand chiseled

he was drafted to the Torpedo Boat Destroyer H

then transferred four months later to No

A Sea Gallantry Medal For The Wreck Of The Androsa; 1897 GTRexclude 1947 at the age ofA 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