Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Lifesaving pair to George Fenner, Merchant Navy

Netherlands, Royal South Holland Society Medal for Saving Life from Shipwreck, by ‘V.D.K.’, obverse: a sea rescue scene; reverse: wreath of oak, with circumscription, ‘Zuid-Hollandsche Maatschappy tot Redding van Schipbreukelingen te Rotterdam’, engraved within, ‘George Fenner, 22 Januari 1881’, 45mm., silver, no ribbon, with silver slip-bar, ‘ZHMtrvS’; Lifesaving Medal, obv. within a laurel wreath, engraved, ‘Let not the deep swallow me up’; rev. engraved, ‘George Fenner, Memento for Gallantry in saving Crew of the Schooner “Rose” of Ipswich, 30 March 1901’, 39mm., silver, suspension slack, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £150-200