Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, bronze (To James L. Bishop, For Meritorious Service, 6th March 1916), lacking riband buckle for wear, good very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners.

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James Lumsden Bishop, Third Officer of the S.S. Sachem, was awarded the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Medal, in bronze, for rescuing an inebriated seaman from West Alexandra Dock, Bootle, on 6 March 1916 - in which endeavour he was assisted by Third Officer C. E. Waldron of the S.S. Bay State, who received a Certificate of Thanks.