An 1896 Sea Gallantry Medal For Steamship Aidar Rescue GTRexclude and Mayor Newman of Kingston

and Mayor Newman of Kingston

In die stamped silvered zinc

along with a unidentified fourth pin

residue between the arms from cleaning

she was seized and served as a United States Navy troop transport until she was decommissioned and turned over to the United States Shipping Board

An 1896 Sea Gallantry Medal For Steamship Aidar Rescue GTRexclude and Mayor Newman of KingstonAn 1896 Sea Gallantry Medal for Steamship Aidar Rescue Victoria, edge engraved: ARTHUR B. CROSSE. WRECK OF THE AIDAR ON THE 19TH JANUARY 1896. Silver, 58mm, very fine. Footnote: Arthur B. Crosse, Second Mate, is confirmed for the Silver Medal for Gallantry and binocular glasses. For rescuing passengers and crew of the steamship Aidar of Liverpool, which foundered during a storm in the Mediterranean, Rescue effected with much difficulty and risk.