Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (Fredk. Mack for having jumped into the Mersey at Runcorn & rescued a Boy, Augt. 10. 1888) with silver buckle on ribbon, slight edge bruise, good very fine £140-180

‘A Silver Medal, and 20s., for damage to watch and other expenses, to Frederick Mack, telegraph clerk, for having, with considerable difficulty, rescued a boy who had fallen into the River Gut, on the 10th instant, at Runcorn, and was being swiftly carried away by the ebb tide.’ (extract from the Society’s 50th Annual report).