Auction Catalogue

5 November 1991

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 247

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5 November 1991

Hammer Price:
£50

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY, bronze medal (William Cotgreave, A.B., H.M.S. Beacon 14 Nov. 1880) with ribbon buckle, nearly very fine

A. Cotgreave and J. Wright, seamen, of H.M.S. Brecon, at great personal risk, jumped overboard at Busreh, East Indies, on the 14th November, 1880, and rescued a native from drowning.