Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (William H. Domone. 27th. July 1867) with integral bronze riband buckle, in Elkington, London, E.VII.R. embossed case of issue, extremely fine £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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W. H. Fevyer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008.

Originally issued a large bronze medal, the E.VII.R. embossed case indicates this medal to be the official small medal later issued as a replacement for wearing

R.H.S. Case No. 18,037: ‘At 4.30 p.m. on 27 July 1867 Exeter Basin 14ft water. Matthew John Dunsford aged 10 fell into the water. Wm H Domoné, Warehouseman, 74 High Street, Exeter jumped in and dived for and brought him to walls’.
William Henry Domoné was born in Ringwood in 1845. A woollen warehouseman residing in Exeter at the time of the rescue, the R.H.S. Committee meeting minutes of 13 January 1914 confirm the granting of a duplicate medal. He died at Islington, London, on 31 December 1927, aged 81.

Sold with copied research.