Lot Archive

Lot

№ 652

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4 December 2001

Hammer Price:
£70

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Joseph Badland, Feb. 3 1902) complete with ribbon buckle brooch and contained in original case of issue, nearly extremely fine £40-50

Royal Humane Society Case 31832 (Joseph Badland, Schoolboy aged 12). ‘On the 3rd February 1902, Edward Clough, aged 8, fell through the ice on a pond at Baildon, near Shipley, Yorks. The break took place 5 yards from the bank in deep water. At great risk, Badland went in and was successful in saving him.’