Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Alfred Durrant, 13th. Decr. 1896.) with integral top bronze riband buckle, in Warrington, London, case of issue, extremely fine £160-£200

R.H.S. Case no.: 28,676: ‘Mr. Alfrted Durrant, a Carpenter, at great personal risk, rescued G. Leedham from drowning in the Trent, at Catton, near Burton-on-Trent, on 13 December 1896.’

Sold with the original Royal Humane Society Bestowal Document, dated 15 January 1897, mounted on card.