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MEDALS PERTAINING TO SHIPWRECKS

HMS Victory, retired in 1812, dry-docked in the 1920s

297

Medallion struck from copper taken from the ship, stamped with "Save the Victory Fund". 13.6 grams. Similar to the Olympia medallion below (lot #299), this piece was struck from copper from the ship itself in an effort to raise funds to preserve the ship, which has been in dry-dock in Portsmouth, England, since the 1920s. The HMS Victory was famous for her role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805; seven years later she was retired from active duty and used for ceremonial purposes.

$100 - $150

Lusitania, torpedoed and sunk in 1916

U.S.S. Olympia, permanently decommissioned in 1922

299

Bronze medal struck from the propeller of Admiral Dewey's flagship. 13.7 grams. Curious item, a medallion (in perfect condition, nice golden color) that was struck as a fund-raiser in the 1960s from the actual bronze propeller from the cruiser Olympia, Admiral Dewey's flagship in the Battle of Manila Bay (Philippines) in the Spanish-American War (1898). The ship is now docked at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia and is the only warship from the Spanish American War still in existence.

$75 - $100