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Medal case 'S.M. la Reina de Espana à Mr. G.F. Servatius, Teniente de 2a. Clase de la Marina Real, De los Paises Vajos, Comandante de la Canonera No. 34'. For Order of Isabella the Catholic, Knight, awarded to Gerhard Fokko Servatius, 1827-1893, who was a Dutch Naval officer. He received the medal for the saving of 11 people of the Spanish merchant vessel Allesandria, which ran aground on the sandbank Safinger bank in the Schelde in December 1855, interesting piece