Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (Christopher Reeves. R.G.A. 15th May 1915) complete with ribbon buckle but lacking pin, good very fine £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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RHS Report: 1915, Case 42109.

‘On the 15th May 1915, a man in an attempt at suicide threw himself overboard from a launch in Bombay Harbour, the sea being rough. Reeves and Bocha both went in but owing to the heavy sea failed to reach him before he sank.’