Lot 2794

1843/1854 - 'Beloningspenning (legpenning) van de Zuid-Hollandsche Maatschappij tot Redding van Schipbreukelingen te Rotterdam' by D. van der Kellen (Dirks 594, MMW.113?) - Obv. Rescuers with shipwrecked persons on a beach, behind a wreck and a lifeboat / Rev. Inscription space within oak wreath and legend - gold 44 mm 37,76 gram - XF - extremely rare - engraving 'W.F. BROEKSMIT. JULIJ 1854.' - Awarded (see enclosed photocopy) on 21 February 1855 to Willem Frederik Broeksmit, captain of the frigate Bato sailing from Melbourne to Batavia, who saved crew members of three English ships in the Torresstraat; the medal was presented to him in the rooms of the Zeemanscollege in Dordrecht