Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, silver, double-dolphin suspension (George Girling S.S. “Burns” 1882) nearly extremely fine £200-250

From the Society records for June 1883: ‘In the case of the S.S. Burns, of London, for the gallant rescue of the Crew of the S.S. Red Star, of North Shields, driven ashore outside the Harbour of Sulina, on October 13, 1882:- To the seven Seamen manning the boat effecting the rescue, with determined bravery and after prolonged effort, the Society’s Silver Medals...’