Orders, Decorations and Medals

Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful) (Jacobus Childs Vit. ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 1840) unmounted, very fine £140-180

Able Seaman Jacob Childs was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal in Bronze for a successful rescue off Port Morant, Jamaica, on 25 April 1840 (R.H.S. Case No. 13555).