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

№ 251

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5 November 1991

Hammer Price:
£60

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY, bronze medal (Harry F. Seabridge, P.C., 17th Oct. 1909) with ribbon buckle, very fine

On the 17th October, 1909, Thos. Hughes, in an attempt at suicide, threw himself into the canal at Hanley. H. F. Seabridge, P.C., went in, and after a hard struggle with the man who resisted violently, got him out.