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6 December 2006
A Sea Gallantry Medal group of three awarded to John Taylor of Margate Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (John Taylor, Wreck of the “Druid” on the 19th November 1893), fitted with a (slack) claw and ring suspension, in damaged case, slight edge bruising and some contact marks; Life Saving Medal, obv. inscribed, ‘Presented by Revd. B. Brigg and Friends to John Taylor for the Gallant Rescue off Margate, Nov. 19th 1893’, rev. laurel wreath,...
Hammer Price: £880
An interesting and rare group to Lieutenant Robert Pigou, Bengal Engineers, one of the Engineers at the Cabul Gate during the storming of Ghuznee, who later died whilst attempting to reduce a fort in Afghanistan when, having cut his fuse too short, he was blown up and his body thrown a distance of eighty yards by the sudden explosion of the powder bags (a) Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, with original suspension (b) Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (Successful), (R. Pigou...
Hammer Price: £2,400
Four: Acting Leading Stoker W. S. Hopkins, Royal Navy, late Royal Naval Division 1914 Star, with clasp (SS.108640 Sto. 1Cl., Hood Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (S.S.108640 Act. L. Sto., R.N.); Life Saving Medal, by ‘J.F.’, engraved, obv. ‘12.6.14, W. Hopkins’; rev. ‘From Mrs Bullock for Assisting in Saving Life’, 36 x 26mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1911, very fine and better (4) £240-280
Hammer Price: £200
Five: Able Seaman F. McNally, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (155830 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (155830 A.B., R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (155830 Dev.B.333 A.B., R.F.R.); Life Saving Medal, by ‘C.E.S.’, engraved, obv. sailing ship; rev. within a laurel wreath, ‘Presented to F. McNally in recognition of Bravery at Sea in Saving Life, dated Jan. 14 1894’, 36mm., silver, hallamrks for Birmingham, with silver brooch bar, second with minor...
Hammer Price: £260
Five: Colour Sergeant T. Barker, Royal Marines Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Ply.9108 Sgt., R.M.L.I.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Ply.9108 Cr. Sgt., R.M.L.I.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ply.9108 A.1332 Clr. Sgt., R.F.R.); Birmingham Swimming Club Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life from Drowning, obv. two rescusitating a third, a lighthouse and yacht in the background, an Angel bearing civic wreaths hovers above, ‘Birmingham Swiming Club’; rev....
Hammer Price: £230
Three: Inspector A. J. Sanders, City of London Police Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, City of London Police (P.C. 653); Coronation 1902, City of London Police (Insp.); Balloon Society of Great Britain Medal for Bravery, obv. balloon, with basket and occupant; rev. engraved inscription within a wreath of laurel, ‘Alfred John Sanders, Actg. Sergt., City Police, for Bravery at Fires in the Parish of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, March 1893, 32mm., bronze, fitted with (slack) claw and ring...
Hammer Price: £470
Three: Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill Jubilee 1887, silver, unnamed; Belgium, Royal Life Saving Society Medal, Leopold II, silver-gilt, reverse inscribed, ‘Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill’; Colonial and Indian Exhibition London Medallion 1886, 51mm., bronze, unnamed, in Ralph Heaton, Birmingham case of issue, very fine and better (3) £180-220
Hammer Price: £390
A life saving group of eight awarded to Corporal V. O. Fuller, Ceylon Planter’s Rifle Corps, late Natal Light Horse Natal 1906, clasp, 1906; 1914-15 Star trio, these four are all erased replacements; Colonial Auxiliary Forces L.S., G.V.R. (Rfmn., Ceylon Plr. R.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Ceylon (Cpl., C.A.S.C.); Royal Humane Society, Small, bronze (successful), (Victor Fuller, Feb. 26, 1902); together with a privately awarded gold medal from the Marist Brothers College...
Hammer Price: £430
Three: Constable J. Jack, Arbroath Burgh Special Constabulary Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 1st issue, 5 clasps, The Great War 1914-18, Long Service 1929, 1939, 1943, 1948 (James Jack); Arboath Swimming Club Medal for Saving Life, obv. coat-of-arms, ‘Arbroath Swimming Club, Instd. 1879’; rev. within a wreath of thistles, ‘Presented to James Jak for Saving Life 23rd Augst. 1881’ - name and date engraved, 45mm., bronze, ring suspension; Arbroath Arts, Crafts and...
Hammer Price: £270
Pair: Fireman J. D. Legg, Lyme Regis Fire Brigade National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal (2), 1 clasp, Twenty Years (5664 John D. Legg), rev. inscribed, ‘Lyme Regis Fire Brigade’, silver; another, 2 clasps, Ten Years, Five Years (9159 John Davy Legg), rev. inscribed, ‘Lyme Regis Fire Brigade’, bronze, 2nd clasp loose; together with a silver commemorative spoon inscribed, ‘Boscombe Arcade Fire 1911’, extremely fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, General Medal, silver (Mr Wm Bates Junr. for rescuing a man who had fallen between the rails at James St. Station, 2nd Nov. 1900), with silver brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £170
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful), unnamed, suspension refixed; Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, silver, double-dolphin suspension, unnamed; Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 2nd small type, silver, unnamed, last extremely fine; others good very fine (3) £140-180
Hammer Price: £290
Four: Stephen Renforth, who is said to have rescued 62 lives from the Tyne, the Clyde and in America Tynemouth Extension Medal, silver, rev. inscribed, ‘Presented to Stephen Renforth on the 7th August 1895 for saving life from drowning’, with semi-circular attachment allowing the medal to be rotated, this attached to an ornamental scroll, with clasp inscribed, ‘Presented by Jos. Cowen, Aug. 2 1895’; Life Saving Medal, circular, engraved, obv. Gateshead coat-of-arms; rev....
Hammer Price: £1,500
A rare Mercantile Marine Service Association pair to Chief Officer J. S. Taylor, Merchant Navy Life Saving Cross, a large gold cross pattée, 44 x 44mm., obv. with engraved arms and inscribed, ‘In Recognition of His Bravery in attempting to Rescue a Shipmate on 25th September 1862’; rev. arms set with four rose diamonds and inscribed, ‘P.S.N. Coy’s. S.S. “Liguria” presented to J. Scott Taylor. 2nd Officer, by First & Second Class Passengers’, fitted with loop for neck wear,...
Hammer Price: £800
Wreck of the ‘Chusan’ Medal 1874, an ornate silver medal 53mm. diameter, with a ropework border and elaborate anchor and life-belt suspension, obv. engraved scene of the paddle-steamer Chusan sinking near a harbour pier; reverse engraved ‘Subscriber’s Medal presented to John Crawford for the heroic efforts in saving life at the wreck of the Chusan in Ardrossen Harbour, 21st Octr. 1874’, below the inscription is the manufacturer’s mark, ‘T. R.& S.’ attractive, extremely fine,...
Hammer Price: £850
Moray Floods Medal 1829, obv. a view of the Bridge of Spey, partially destroyed by the river in a raging flood; rev. inscription in raised lettering (name engraved), ‘Presented by the Central Committee for the Flood Fund to Hugh Wright Finfhorn as an Honorary Reward for his Courage and Humanity shewn at the Great Flood August 4th 1829’, silver, with loop suspension, extremely fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £300
The Society of the Golden Cord, Christian Million Newspaper, Medal of Honour, obverse: sailor at the bow of a boat throwing a life-belt to a drowning man, engraved, ‘Joseph Kirkup’; reverse: a knot in the form of a shamrock, ‘Established May 1885’, 32mm., silvered base metal, pierced for suspension, fitted with silver watch chain, edge bruising and buckled, nearly very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £20
Finchley District Council Medal for Saving Life from Fire, circular, engraved, obv. pre-1933 arms of Finchley District Council; rev. inscribed, ‘For Devotion to Duty in Saving Life from Fire at 16, Crescent Way, North Finchley on the 15th December 1923’, unnamed, 38mm., silver, straight bar suspension, extremely fine £80-100
Fleetwood Diamond Jubilee Medal 1897, obv. bust of Queen Victoria left; rev. Fleetwood coat-of-arms (Fred Bettess for saving 18 lives in one trip, at Fleetwood, Ju ... 97) naming partially obscured by the suspension, 39mm., bronze, straight bar suspension; together with a commemorative Jubilee Medal, 32mm., bronze, unmounted, good very fine (2) £100-140
Hammer Price: £340
Forth Swimming Club and Humane Society Rescue Medal, circular, engraved garter inscribed, ‘For Health Pleasure & Safety’, enclosing, ‘Forth Swimming Club and Humane Society Rescue Medal, instituted 1850’; rev. inscribed, ‘To Adam R. Tait for Saving the Life of John Willis at Coldingham Sands, 26th August 1875’, 54mm., silver, in fitted Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh case of issue, extremely fine £200-250
Holloway Cholera Medal 1849, circular, engraved medal, obv. inscribed, ‘A Token of Gratitude Presented to Dr Carrington by his poor patients for his unwearied attention during the Cholera, Holloway 1849’; rev. inscribed, ‘Blessed is he that considereth the poor. The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. Ps. 41.1.’, 46mm., silver-gilt, within an engraved silver-gilt frame with integral straight bar hinged suspension, with gilt brooch bar and buckle on ribbon, good very fine ...
Hull Life Saving Medal, circular struck medal by ‘T.F.’, obv. the coat-of-arms of the City of Hull; rev. inscribed, ‘Presented to Wilfred Whiting by Capt. Baxter, together with 60 Guineas by Voluntary Subscription for having saved 27 Persons from Drowning, Hull, Dec. 23rd 1899’; additionally inscribed on edge, ‘For a Gallant & Noble Act of Humanity in Saving the Lives of 27 Persons from Drowning’, 28mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, ring suspension with watch fob...
Hammer Price: £95
Hyde Park Police Swimming Club Life Saving Medal, silver disc set within an ornate frame, 37mm., obv. a finely engraved scene of the bridge over the Serpentine; rev. within a wreath of laurel leaves, ‘Presented by the H.P.P.S.C. to Mr J. Morsley for Courage & Promptitude displayed in the Saving of Life in the Serpentine, 26.6.86’, with ornate suspension and brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £140
Ipswich Humane Society Medal, circular, engraved, obv. ‘A Record of an Instance of Distinguished Humanity and Intrepidity’, below which in smaller letters, the manufacturer, ‘Cole, Ipswich Excudit’; rev. inscribed, ‘This Medal is Presented to Mr Geo. Pooley by the Ipswich Humane Society, in Testimony of the sense they entertain of his manly courage & presence of mind displayed on the 24th May 1830 in saving the life of Wm. Page a lad 10 years of age from Drowning by promptly diving...
Hammer Price: £310
Old Moor Munitions Company Medal 1914-18, by Fattorini & Sons, Bradford, obv. artillery pierce with shells nearby; rev. inscribed, ‘Presented to F. C. Collins for Services Rendered in the Great War 1914-18’, 32mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, ring suspension, attempted erasure of naming, very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £65
West of Scotland Swimming Club Medal for Life Saving, oval, silver, engraved disc set within a beaded frame, obv. set with a gold star and inscribed, ‘For Saving Life 3rd July 1869’; rev. inscribed, ‘West of Scotland Swimming Club Presented to Jos. Henderson’, 40 x 33mm., with ornate fitting and ring suspension, with modern ribbon, good very fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £100
Life Saving Medal, circular, engraved medal with raised and ornamental border, obv. inscribed, ‘Presented by George Foster Captain of the English schooner York to Viellard Boatman at Rouen’; rev. inscribed, ‘In testimony of remembrance for having saved the life of His Son from being drowned, May 28, 1841’, 41mm., silver, with loop for neck wear, with modern cord, nearly extremely fine £120-160
Life Saving Medal, circular, engraved medal, obv. inscribed, ‘Bravery Self Sacrifice’; rev. within a wreath of struck laurel leaves inscribed, ‘Albert F. Citon’, 32mm., silver, ring suspension, with faded ‘Jellalabad 1842’ ribbon and an ornate silver brooch bar, in fitted leather case by Spink, Gracechurch Street, London, extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £70
An unusual pair of Life Saving Medals to Henry Hickson and James Hobbs Life Saving Medal (2), utilizing the Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840, with original naming erased, ‘Queen Victoria’ obverse erased to make way for an inscription, and fitted with a replacement swivel ring suspension; the reverse (formerly the obverse) inscribed, ‘Presented to Henry Hickson by the Inhabitants of Upnor for saving from drowning Lieut. Rofs, his Wife’s Servant & 2 seamen, Augt. 1855’;...
Life Saving Medal, utilizing a Queen Victoria ‘young head’ crown of 1845, this fitted with a scroll suspension, with silver clasp inscribed, ‘Presented to J. Wheatley, June 18th 1869’, and matching brooch bar inscribed, ‘From Mrs Heasman for saving her daughter’s life’, bar reverse additionally inscribed, ‘1869 J. Wheatley’ and with hallmarks for London 1906 and manufacturer’s mark, ‘W.H.T.’, some faint letters inscribed on coin obverse, coin obverse worn, reverse...
Hammer Price: £40
Life Saving Medal, circular, engraved medal, obv. inscribed, ‘Presented to Henry J. Letley, For Saving Life at Sea, 4th Jany. 1873’; rev. plain, 35mm., silver, unmounted, good very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £50
Life Saving Medal, eight-pointed star entwined by a laurel wreath, by ‘W.J.D.’, obv. a figure about to dive into water to rescue a drowning person; rev. inscribed, ‘Presented to J. Huggins, Saving Life from Drowning, 1880’, 43mm., stamped ‘Sterling Silver’, ring suspension, good very fine £50-70
Medal for Saving Life from Fire, eight-pointed star, bearing a sixteen-point sunburst, in turn bearing in the centre a phoenix enclosed by a garter inscribed, ‘Life or Death’; rev. inscribed, ‘Presented by William Callow to H. W. Hearnden for the rescue from fire of his child A. K. Callow, aged 11 yrs. 20 Sepr. 1880’, 82mm., silver, with matching silver brooch bar bearing the word, ‘Fire’, nearly extremely fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £220
Rescue Medal, circular silver medal by Fattorini, Birmingham, obverse with leather facing inscribed in gilt lettering, ‘To Gilbert Torrance, Esq. from the Survivors of the “Glen Mona” Expedition, for extreme bravery shown in their rescue. July 29th, 1897’, 48mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1897, ring suspension, very fine and unusual £120-160
£120–£160
Life Saving Medal, shield-shaped engraved medal by ‘W.J.D.’, obv. engraved, ‘A.M.’; rev. inscribed, ‘Presented by Mr & Mrs A. Brown to Mr A. Mitchell For Saving their Youngest Son from Drowning, 12.5.08’, 30 x 24mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1907, ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £50-70
Life Saving Medal, engraved cross, rev. inscribed, ‘R.H.S. John Richard Herring for Life Saving on Land and in Water 1909’, 30mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1908, ring suspension, very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £25
Family pair: Rescue Medal, circular, engraved medal by ‘J.D. & Co.’, obv. inscribed, ‘Presented by Thomas Adams to Mrs Pinnock’; rev. inscribed, ‘For kindly help to the Crew of H.M.S. Niger, Nov. 11th 1914’, 32mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1914, ring suspension Geneal Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Miss E. F. Pinnock) extremely fine (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £160
Life Saving Medal, engraved gold cross with coronet above, by ‘J.G. & S.’, obv. inscribed, ‘Presented to James Pitt for Gallant Conduct’; rev. inscribed, ‘By Alfred Hallett for rescuing him from drowning in the Tyne on 5th July 1916’, 40 x 28mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1913, attached to watch fob chain with ‘mother-of-pearl’ bauble affixed, good very fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £190
Belgian Royal Life Saving Society group of three to F. A. Majolini Belgium Royal Life Saving Society Medal, Leopold I, 1847-65 type, 26mm., silver, with mural crown suspension, rev. impressed, ‘F. Majolini, Bubize, 17 Fev. 1858’; another, Leopold II, 26mm., silver, with royal crown suspension, rev. impressed, ‘F. Majolini’; another, Leopold II, 32mm., silver-gilt, with royal crown suspension, rev. impressed, ‘F. A. Majolini’, mounted loosely on a bar, nearly extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £110
Belgium Royal Life Saving Society Medal (5) Leopold II, by A. Fisch, 26mm., silver-gilt, with pierced royal crown, rev. engraved, ‘M. Roland’; another (3), Leopold II, by Wurden, 26mm., silver-gilt, with solid royal crown, rev. engraved, ‘Aan Capitein Ed. Trefoüel, Antwerpen, 6 Meerl 1876; Dr Blain des Cormiers; F. Pilcher’; another, Leopold II, by P. Hart, 20mm., silver-gilt, with solid royal crown, rev. engraved, ‘Renaud’, good very fine and better (5) £100-140
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