Orders, Decorations and Medals

Royal Humane Society, brass button, 25mm. dia., by Warrington, Carrick Street, W.C., good very fine £30-40

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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Ref. Spink Exhibition 1985, No. 34.

In the exhibition catalogue it was stated that the button was from the uniform of a R.H.S. Iceman.

An extract from the Annual Report of 1827 states: ‘The Public are informed that the Society has four men regularly appointed, during the skating season, in Hyde Park, whose business it is to warn all persons from those parts of the ice where there is danger; and, in case of accident, to use the means provided by the Society to prevent a loss of life. The men are distinguished by the badge of the Society. ....’