Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (successful) (Joseph M. Anderson Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 25 Aug. 1859.) fitted with contemporary silver straight bar suspension, with top engraved brooch bar, minor edge bruising, very fine £400-£500

R.H.S. Case no.: 16,428: ‘As several gentlemen was bathing at Springvale, County Derry, Ireland, on 25 August 1859, Mr. Joseph M. Anderson observed that Mr. Robert Wyndman Guinness, of St. John’s College, Cambridge, was being carried seaward by the tide, which was running very strong, and, throwing off part of his clothes, sprang into the water, and after much exertion, without aid from anyone, although many persons were on the shore, succeeded in rescuing Mr. Guinness, who was completely exhausted and ready to sink. After he had brought Mr. Guinness on shore, Mr. Anderson, naked as he was, obtained a boat from another part of the beach and after great exertion also saved Mr. A T. Carson, of Cloeraine, who was being carried out to sea by the tide, he having been in the water for more than an hour. The sea was in a very boisterous state at the time of the accident.’

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