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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;giorgio11, post: 990737, member: 17094&quot;]The first medal is LS-1, &quot;Lifesaving/Shipwreck&quot; an official U.S. Mint medal listed in Julian&#039;s medal reference as &quot;State Department&quot; (Leutze) after the designer, Emanuel Leutze, who is better known for his painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware. The medals were struck in gold, silver, and bronze. The blank scroll about the rescued/rescuing figures is for engraving of a recipient, so this would be considered an &quot;unawarded&quot; medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>An AU58 (near-Mint State) example in this Heritage auction brought $632.50:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://ha.com/1100*28139" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ha.com/1100*28139" rel="nofollow">ha.com/1100*28139</a></p><p><br /></p><p>PS Don&#039;t clean your wife&#039;s medals! My apologies if you know this ...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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