Name/Title
MedalEntry/Object ID
2024.32.003Description
Medal awarded to Robert Foster, Captain of the Old Bay Line (see accession). Reverse is engraved with the following message:
"In recognition of Faithfulness in Service and Heroism in Action Saving Life May 20 - 1911 Nov 12 - 1911"
The grandson of Robert Foster only remembers a story of two young girls with a broken mast that were rescued, but he said he could never figure out the whole story as everyone was dead.Exhibition
Life on the Old Bay Line
