Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful) (Willm. Erratt Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 1844) unmounted, minor edge bruising, good very fine £150-200

William Erratt, of the Crown Brewery, Mary Street, London, jumped in and rescued Elizabeth Neales from drowning in the Canal, Regent’s Park on 7 July 1844 (R.H.S. Case No. 14,081). With copied R.H.S. roll extracts.