256, Lot: 950. Estimate $100. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA. AR Medal (45mm, 46.44 g, 12h). Honoring the Gallantry of the Officers and Crews of the S.S. Republic, Baltic, and Florida. By A. Bles. Awarded 5 November 1909. Suspension: claw and ring, non-swiveled. Riband: 60mm, crimson. C. Q. D. (early Morse code distress signal), the White Star liner S. S. Republic on water left, sputtering a distress call from her mast; THE S.S. REPUBLIC and AB in exergue / FROM THE SALOON PASSENGERS OF THE R.M.S. BALTIC & R.M.S. REPUBLIC. TO THE/OFFICERS/AND CREWS OF THE S.S./REPUBLIC, BALTIC & FLORIDA/FOR/GALLANTRY/COMMEMORATING/THE RESCUE OF/OVER 1700 SOULS/JAN 24TH 1909 in ten lines. Good VF, toned. Rare and historically interesting.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.