Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Samuel H. Wallis, 21st Nov. 1913) good very fine £100-140

Samuel H. Wallis, aged 60, Case 40546. ‘At 7.30 p.m. on the 21st November 1913, a boy accidently fell into the harbour at Weymouth, these being a strong tide, the depth 15 feet, and the night dark. Samuel H. Wallis, aged 60, jumped in fully clothed and supported him for twenty minutes, when they were picked up by a boat’.