Orders, Decorations and Medals

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Henry F. Hunt, 19 July 1883) with bronze buckle on ribbon, good very fine £90-110

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Life Saving Awards formed by The Late W.H. Fevyer.

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Henry F. Hunt, aged 36 years, Seaman Instructor at the reformatory ship Cornwall, rescued William Turner, aged 15 years, also of the reformatory ship Cornwall. At 6.45 p.m. on 19 July 1883 on the River Thames at Purfleet, the boy was skylarking in the main rigging when he slipped and fell into the river. The salvor was in one of the boats which was practicing and on getting to the spot where the boy sank, dived, and succeeded in bringing him to the surface (Ref. R.H.S. Case No. 22,059). Sold with copied research.