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The President of Iceland Mrs Vigdis Finnbogadottir With Coxswain/Mechanic Maurice Hutchens of Sennen Cove (C)

The President of Iceland, Mrs Vigdis Finnbogadottir, with Coxswain/Mechanic Maurice Hutchens of Sennen Cove (c) and Gunnar Thorsteinsson, captain of the Icelandic coaster Tungufoss. For the rescue of 11 men from Tungufoss last September, Mrs Finnbogadottir presented the Republic of Iceland's silver medal for valour to Coxswain Hutchens and the crew of Sennen Cove lifeboat and to Lt Nick Houghton and his helicopter crew from RNAS Culdrose..

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