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№ 579

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13 March 2024

Hammer Price:
£500

Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (successful) (A. Green, Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 1839) very fine £300-£400

R.H.S. Case no. 13,381: ‘Alfred Green. April 17 1839. Thames off Wapping. Two men thrown out of a barge by collision with steamer [The Comet, Gravesend steamer]. Jumped from steamer into the river and saved them.’

Alfred Green resided at 19 Great George Street, Euston Square, London.

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