Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A pair of animal life-saving medals awarded to Chief Officer Frederick John Husted, Eton Fire Brigade

R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, silver (Frederick John Husted, 1927) complete with ‘For Humanity’ brooch bar, correction to one letter of first name; National Canine Defence League Medal, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘To Fred Husted for Saving a Dog 1927’, complete with brooch bar, extremely fine (2) £400-450

‘Chief Officer Frederick John Husted, Eton Fire Brigade, and his brother, Mr Albert Benjamin Husted, for rescuing two dogs from the flooded river at Windsor’. (Ref. R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal records).