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25 & 26 September 2019

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 1069

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26 September 2019

Hammer Price:
£50

Royal Humane Society Life Saving Medal, silvered-bronze, 37mm, the obverse bearing the Royal Coat of Arms, ‘Royal Humane Society’ above, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to J. Esmond Croll for gallantly saving the lives of two children who fell overboard from the City of Paris near New York 21-9-87’, edge stamped ‘Copia’, very fine £60-£80

Note: A bronze example of this medal, similarly named, is known to exist.

Sold with copied correspondence.