Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire 1844, 2nd type (1844-1850’s) silver medal (Presented at the Anniversary Meeting May 14, 1849. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor Sir James Duke, M.P., in the chair to Charles Smith, 240 G. Div. for his persevering & intrepid conduct at the fire on the Holborn Hill May 5, 1848 where by the valuable afsistance rendered to the Society’s fire escape conductors the lives of six persons were rescued’, fitted with ring suspension, good very fine and very scarce £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of R.W. Gould, MBE.

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The following extract from the report of the annual meeting of the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire appeared in The Times on 15 May 1849: ‘The report then set forth at length the details of several very courageous actions of their conductors and others in saving several lives from fire, and the following persons were called forward by the Lord Mayor, and rewarded for their exertions as follows:- Fire-escape conductor Chapman, No. 6 in the service; police constable Smith, 240 G, and conductor Sunshine, No. 1, for exertions in saving several lives at the fire on Holborn-hill; Chapman, the Society’s silver medal (exceedingly well executed, and weighing nearly two ounces) and a sovereign; Smith, the silver medal; and Sunshine, a framed testimonial and a sovereign.’ Sold with further details taken from the Society’s record books.