Historical information

Displayed in History House and Maritime Discovery Centre.

Significance

Admella shipwreck

Physical description

Silver Medal awarded to James Kean by Victorian Colonists for Heroic Exertions, in saving life.. from the wreck of the Admella
Silver Medal with detailed relief designs on both sides. Broken silver loop on top.
Inverse: Detailed scene of a manned rowboat being launched to rescue a foundering ship. On horizon line are two ships
with smoke stacks. A large banner and anchor design in the sky bears the words "Hope to the Last".
Obverse: Laurel wreath and a braid motif encircle the central text. At top of design is a depiction of an eye and
eyebrow with stylised rays radiating in semi-circle.

Inscriptions & markings

Front: Inverse: The Admella Steamer wrecked on her passage from Adelaide to Melbourne of Cape Northumberland/
6 August 1859 (around edge)
Back: Obverse: Awarded to/James Kean/by the Victorian Colonists/for/heroic exertions,/in saving life/(under divine
providence)/from the/wreck of the Admella.