A Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross Second Class group of three awarded to Pack Leader B. C. Finch, later Mercantile Marine, for his gallantry in saving a child from drowning at Broadstairs, Kent, on 4 April 1916

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Bernard C. Finch); Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross, 2nd Class, 1st issue, silver, the reverse inscribed, ‘P/L B. Finch 11th. East Ham 4.4.16’, with ring suspension and top slide riband bar, good very fine (3) £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Crosses.

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Bernard C. Finch, a Pack Leader with the 11th East Ham Troop, was awarded the Cross for saving the life of a child from drowning at Broadstairs, Kent, on 4 April 1916.