Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (William H. Bennett, 23rd July 1880) lacking buckle, in case of issue, good very fine £100-140

Ref: R.H.S. Case No. 21020.

‘William H. Bennett, a Labourer of Runcorn, Cheshire, was bathing in the River Mersey when James Danwell, aged 71/2, fell in and was rapidly carried away by the ebb tide. Bennett ran to the spot, swam out, and rescued the boy.’ (from a note with the lot)