Lot Archive

Lot

№ 332

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7 April 1994

Hammer Price:
£100

LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY, Marine Medal, silver (To Mr. Henry Bush, Third Officer, S.S. 'Gregory', For gallant service at Pinheiro Nr. Para. 21 Sept. 1907) complete with silver ribbon buckle, good very fine

The following is an extract of the 69th Annual Report, November, 1907:

'Silver medal and Vote of Thanks to Mr. Henry Bush, third officer of the steamship 'Gregory', for gallantly diving into the river at Pinheiro, near Para, North Brazil, and rescuing a man who was carried away by the tide while bathing.'