G073 Uniqe 1858 Gold Lifesaving Medal steamer frigate Susquehanna PCGS SP62

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G073 Unique 1858 Gold Lifesaving Medal steamer frigate Susquehanna PCGS SP62. 77mm, 212.2 grams.
This medal was Hand-Engraved by Tiffany & Co in .900+ fine gold and Presented from the Susquehanna Crew to Dr. Frederick. Dr. Frederick Henry Rose (January 5,1833 to March 31,1873) was an assistant surgeon in the Royal Navy stationed in Jamaica in early 1858 when the United States side-wheel steamer frigate Susquehanna pulled into the harbor at Port Royal, crippled by an outbreak of yellow fever that ravaged its crew. Dr. Rose gallantly volunteered to board the ship and care for the sick, which he did until the Susquehanna arrived for quarantine in New York on April 15, 1858. By that time the crew had experienced 155 cases of yellow fever, including 17 deaths.
The New York Times reported two months later on June 9, 1858:
"That the true sailor never forgets a kindness has found at least one verification among the crew of the Susquehanna, or at least that portion who escaped the ravages of yellow fever on board of her, and who, by the self-forgetting generosity of a surgeon in the English Navy, reached their native homes in good health, after that vessel had landed a large number of her crew at Port Royal, Jamaica in March last. As a fitting testimonial to the English surgeon, who volunteered to take charge of the sick, and come home in the ship, the survivors of her crew have presented him with a gold medal. It was 'got up' by TIFFANY & CO., in their best style."
This is the gold medal awarded to Dr. Rose, who upon receipt, remarked:
"In receiving from you, on behalf of the sailors of the United States steamship Susquehanna, this handsome and appropriate gold medal, you have made me proud and happy ... I am sorry that I am unable to thank in person those who have done me this honor, an honor the more welcome as it was unexpected, and this day I shall ever consider as one of the happiest of my life. ... let me thank you and the other officers of the Susquehanna for the kind manner in which I have been treated, both on board the ship and during my stay in the United States, which kindness will ever be remembered by me with mingled feelings and pleasure." (New York Daily Herald, May 8, 1858)
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