Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Silver Medal, (VR), awarded for the Clovelly Lifeboat Station 1890 (North Devon). One of two lifeboatmen who put out in an open boat in a gale and heavy seas to rescue two men from a capsized boat

Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Silver Medal, (VR),

Mr. Sidney Abbott, Voted 13th November 1890

Mint state, original ribbon, case of issue

Awarded for the Clovelly Lifeboat Station 1890 (North Devon)

Silver Medal to Mr Sidney Abbott and Mr Robert Hodge for putting off at great risk in a small boat and gallantly rescuing two men from a boat that had capsized off Clovelly in a north-north-easterly gale and heavy sea on 5 November.