Image Information
| Type | Medal |
| Title | United States of America Lifesaving Medal (LS-1) |
| Date | 1860 |
| Country | United States |
| Side | obverse |
| Composition | gold |
| Diameter | 67 mm |
| Weight | |
| Description | Alan V. Weinberg comments: Acquired from famed European numismatist Jacques Schulman on Amsterdam's Keisersgracht along a canal - older brother of Hans Schulman of America. While visiting Amsterdam, Jacques personally told me that the recipient of the medal was a Dutch pirate captain who happened onto the American lifesaving incident. Imagine a US President in 1860 awarding a pirate captain! The silver and these two golds are US Mint strikings. In original case. |
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| Image Collection | Alan V. Weinberg Collection (Lifesaving Medals) |