Queen Elizabeth II silver long service medal Queen Elizabeth II facing right, circumscribed 'ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F:D', inscribed below 'INSTITUTED 1911', the reverse inscribed 'TO/ MICHAEL HENRY MAIN/ FOR/ LONG SERVICE, a scroll at the base; on original shortened ribbon mounted for wear. Comes in the original fitted case of medal was instituted by the board of trade in 1911 to be awarded for twenty years' service with the rocket life Saving Apparatus Volunteers. The rocket apparatus is an ingenious method of getting line from shore to shipwrecks in order to bring sailors safely to land. A good example.