Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Bristol Humane Society Medal, 48mm, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘To Mr. J. S. Chenhall, for Saving the Lives of Two Children, March 11th. 1882.’, unmounted, edge nicks, good very fine, scarce £300-£400

John Snell Chenhall was awarded the Bristol Humane Society’s silver medal for saving two children from drowning in the River Froom at Stapleton on 11 March 1882. He died in Bristol on 20 March 1934.