Orders, Decorations and Medals

Private Life Saving Award, comprising Victorian silver Crown of 1845, fitted with scroll suspension and two engraved silver ribbon bars, the lower one inscribed ‘Presented to J. Wheatley, June 18th 1869’, the upper one inscribed ‘From Mrs Heasman for saving her daughter’s life’, the reverse inscribed ‘J. Wheatley 1869’ but hallmarked London 1906 and fitted with pin brooch, the Crown fine, otherwise very fine £40-50