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Medal relating to the Royal North South Holland Rescue Society / Royal Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked Persons, 1950. Obverse: Portrait of a rescuer facing left, dressed in a life jacket and wearing a south-westerly hat. Caption: 'Friends in need', where the characters between the words form the SOS signal. Rev: an image of the rescue attempt at Huisduinen in 1824, the reason for the establishment of both rescue companies. In the clouds the year 1824; inscription with the abbreviated names of both companies. Model: Marian Gobius (1910-1994). Bronze, 60mm. (Von Weiler 1898). Medal issued for two Dutch life saving companies, 1950