Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

B.S.C. & Humane Society Star, 80 x 55mm., silver, with engraved ornamentation and inscribed, ‘B.S.C. & Humane Society’ ‘To Colin Forbes for Saving Life on the Beach, 19th July 1875’, reverse stamped, ‘R.Y. A.’, good very fine £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine Collection of Life Saving Awards.

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Initials ‘S.C.’ probably standing for ‘Swimming Club’.

One other recorded in L.S.A.R.S. Journal No. 29, p.78 inscribed, ‘B.S.C. & Humane Society 1878’ ‘James Morrice for Saving Life Aberdeen Bay 18 May’.