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Medals, Decorations, Etc. - Medal Presented By President To Captain A. Rostron, Rescuer of Survivors of 'Titanic', 1912. [Maquette of Congressional Gold Medal awarded to British merchant seaman Arthur Rostron, captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia who rescued hundreds of survivors from the RMS Titanic after it hit an iceberg and sank in 1912 in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. 'To Arthur Henry Rostron - For Heroically Saving the Seven Hundred and Four Passengers of The Titanic in Mid-Ocean - The Thanks of Congress - July MCMXII].