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The Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea awarded to Boatman L. Hennessy, H.M. Coastguard, Hythe, who, as coxswain of the Hythe Lifeboat, went to the rescue of the stricken Benvenue on 11 November 1891- remarkably, this was his second separate rescue effort of the day, having earlier single-handedly rescued the crew of the schooner Eider, for which actions he received a unique pair of R.N.L.I. Silver Medals, as well as also being awarded the Albert Medal Second Class Lloyd’s Medal for...
Hammer Price: £900
A Lloyd’s Medal for Meritorious Service group of three awarded to Captain R. A. Kelly, Mercantile Marine, who successful brought his vessel the S.S. Tainui into Falmouth Harbour after she had been torpedoed and hit 75 miles west of St. Nazaire, 8 April 1918 British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Richard A. Kelly); Lloyd’s Medal for Meritorious Services, 3rd type, silver (Captain Richard Alfred Kelly, S.S. “Tainui”, 8th April 1918.) nearly extremely...
Hammer Price: £1,600
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, silver (Robt. Giddy.) with ‘double-dolphin’ suspension, minor edge bruise, good very fine £240-£280
Hammer Price: £400
The unique Tayleur Fund Medal awarded to Miss Mary Lannen, for her gallantry in rescuing three sailors from the wreck of the Kinsale at Waterford on 23 November 1872 Tayleur Fund Medal, silver, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Mary Lannen. Broomhill for Distinguished Courage in saving life at the wreck of the Kinsale Waterford Novr. 1872. Lord Talbot de Malahide, Chairman’, with small ring suspension, edge bruising, very fine, and the only known Tayleur Fund Medal awarded to a woman ...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Tayleur Fund Medal, 45mm, bronze specimen, the obverse portraying the John Tayleur on heavy seas, the reverse blank, without suspension, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £140-£180
£140–£180
Hundred of Salford Humane Society, 2nd type, silver (John Murray 1895) with top silver riband bar, extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £60
Hundred of Salford Humane Society, 2nd type, silver (John Abbott August 14th. 1911) with top silver riband bar, good very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £70
Port of Plymouth Humane Society, bronze cross, reverse inscribed, ‘Port of Plymouth Humane Society Presented to John Hodge for saving the life of George Pawlby from drowning at Tamar Wharf Devonport Jany. 5th. 1887’, with integral top bronze riband buckle, nearly extremely fine £140-£180
Hammer Price: £140
Folkestone Hythe and Sandgate Medal, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘To Robert Freeman, 11th November 1891. “He bravely did his duty”’, fitted with split ring and silver bar suspension, edge nicks, very fine and scarce £300-£400
Hammer Price: £700
Folkestone Hythe and Sandgate Medal, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘To Edward Mee, 11th November 1891. “He bravely did his duty”’, fitted with claw and silver bar suspension, collector’s number ‘3129’ to rim by suspension claw, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce £300-£400
Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday Medal for Valour, 36mm, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Snowden Davis for his gallantry in saving the life of a boy named Harrison from drowning in the Tyne on March 25th. 1887.’, with straight bar suspension; together with an Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday Sloper’s Club Membership Token (The Sloperian Token), bronze, the reverse numbered ‘3079’ and pierced for ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, rare (2) ...
The Gallantry Fund Award, silver, 38 mm, the reverse inscribed ‘James Rowley, Decr. 15. 1894’, with integral top silver riband bar, in fitted case of issue, good very fine, rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £160
Family group: A Surrey Commercial Dock Company Medal for Saving Life awarded to Hatchkeeper E. A. Franklin Surrey Commercial Dock Company Medal for Saving Life, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘Elijah A. Franklin, March 25th 1909’, nearly extremely fine Four: Stoker Petty Officer E. T. Franklin, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (291194 E. T. Franklin. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (291194 E. T. Franklin. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (291194 E. T....
Hammer Price: £420
An extremely rare Transport and General Workers’ Union Gold Medal for Heroism pair awarded to Dover Harbour Board Mooring Hand H. W. R. Johnson, for his gallantry in saving the life of a three-year-old girl who had fallen 40 feet from a ferry into the harbour, 11 August 1977 Transport and General Workers’ Union Gold Medal for Heroism, gold (9ct, hallmarks for Birmingham 1977), the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Bro. H. W. R. Johnson Branch 1/167 for Bravery on August 11 1977’,...
Hammer Price: £320
Moray Floods Medal 1829, 41mm, silver, the obverse featuring a view of the Bridge over the Spey at Fochabers, partially destroyed by the river in a raging flood, the reverse inscribed in raised lettering (name of recipient and river impressed), ‘Presented by the Central Committee for the Flood Fund to James Taylor Junr. Dipple as an Honorary Reward for his Courage and Humanity shewn at the Great Flood August 4th 1829’, planchet only, the reverse brooch mounted, very fine £180-£220
Hammer Price: £550
Moray Floods Medal 1829, 41mm, silver, the obverse featuring a view of the Bridge over the Spey at Fochabers, partially destroyed by the river in a raging flood, the reverse inscribed in raised lettering (name of recipient and river impressed), ‘Presented by the Central Committee for the Flood Fund to James Wilson, Cairnend as an Honorary Reward for his Courage and Humanity shewn at the Great Flood August 4th 1829’, planchet only, very fine £180-£220
S.S. Drummond Castle Medal 1896, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine £180-£220
Hammer Price: £180
C.Q.D. Medal 1909, silver, the edge engraved ‘Geo. Hall A.B., H.M.S. Republic.’, with original ring suspension, extremely fine £240-£280
H.M.S. Topaze Medal 1919, 35mm, bronze, the obverse, inscribed ‘526 Men, Women and Children taken off S.S. Brinpura aground on Mushegera Reef by H.M.S. Topaze 15.6.19’, the reverse inscribed ‘A memento presented by the passengers’ within wreath, unnamed as issued, minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £55
Tynemouth Swimming Club Life Saving Medal, 35mm, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Henry Harery for saving Robert Jobson from Drowning Aug. 17. 1859’, edge bruising, nearly very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £75
Life Saving Medal, 38mm, silver, the obverse a plain centre with wreath surround, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to E. B. Hewitt, aged 19 years, for his noble conduct in saving a boy from drowning in the Liverpool Zoological Gardens Elephant Pool Aug. 17. 1865.’, with loop and ring suspension, edge bruising, very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £150
Leander Medal for Life Saving, 44mm, silver, the obverse featuring a man swimming in rough waters towards a castle on a cliff, guided by a female figure holding a torch, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to A. Smith of the Sandringham & Finsbury Rifles Swimming Clubs by J. Ward for saving the lives of his wife Ann Ward & her brother J. Gibbs May 20 1877.’ within laurel and oak wreath, with Indian Mutiny style suspension, very fine, rare £300-£400
£300–£400
Captain Webb’s Medal, 34mm, silver, the obverse bearing the portrait of Captain Matthew Webb, the reverse blank within a half laurel and half oak leaf wreath, with small ring suspension, worn and pitted in parts, therefore good fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £35
Medal for Saving Life at Sea, a specimen medal, in bronze, 40mm, by Benjamin Wyon, the obverse showing a sailing ship in distress perilously near rocks with a lifeboat coming to the rescue, the reverse inscribed ‘To [blank] He risked his own to save another’s life’ within wreath, planchet only, extremely fine £80-£120
Hammer Price: £130
Jersey Humane Society, bronze, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Cadet C. Bott for Courage and Humanity 31.3.48’, with integral top bronze brooch bar, traces of adhesive to reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine £500-£700
Canadian Medal for Gallant and Humane Services rendered in Life-Saving from Shipwrecked Vessels, 57mm, silver, the reverse inscribed within Maple leaf wreath ‘Presented by the Government of Canada to Mr August Thompson, Carpenter of the Ship Pass of Killicrankie for his gallant services in the rescue of the crew of the Shipwrecked Schooner Penelope at Clallam Bay, on the morning of the 10th March 1904’, good very fine £140-£180
Hammer Price: £800
Denmark, Kingdom, Medal for Saving Life from Drowning, Christian IX, 2nd type, 47mm, silver (William Morgan) with fixed oval suspension, edge bruising, nearly very fine £200-£240
Hammer Price: £340
France, Second Empire, Medal of Honour for Saving Life, Ministry of the Marine and the Colonies, large silver medal, 6th issue, by Barre, 43mm, Napoleon III with laurel wreath facing right on obverse; 6th model reverse inscribed ‘A William Goodville ouvrier Anglais, services rendus a la Marine Impériale Française 1863’ on cartouche flanked by supporters, with ball and ring suspension, silver mark to edge, cleaned, signs of fire damage, good very fine £180-£220
Hammer Price: £260
France, Second Empire, Medal of Honour for Saving Life, Ministry of the Marine and the Colonies, small silver medal, 6th issue, by Barre, 33mm, Napoleon III with laurel wreath facing right on obverse; 6th model reverse inscribed ‘A John Woodcock Marin Anglais. Services a la Marine Marchande Française. 1868’ on cartouche flanked by supporters, with ball and ring suspension, silver mark to edge, about extremely fine £160-£200
A French Life Saving group of three awarded to Mr. S. Mason-Springgay, for attempting to save the life of a girl from drowning in the English Channel off Boulogne-sur-Mer on 16 June 1928 France, Third Republic, Carnegie Hero Fund Bronze Plaque, 80mm x 52mm, the obverse portraying a bust of Carnegie, the reverse portraying Victory crowning a kneeling hero, and inscribed ‘Aux Héros de la Civilisation Springgay (M) 1928’; French Humane and Shipwreck Society Medal, 42mm, silver-gilt, the...
£600–£800
Iceland, Republic, Medal for Valour, Second Class, 30mm, silver (Terence William Greene 19.9.1981) in case of issue, extremely fine, rare £140-£180
Netherlands, Kingdom, Royal South Holland Society Medal for Saving Life from Shipwreck, by G. Loos, 54mm, silver, the obverse featuring a sea rescue scene, the reverse inscribed ‘W. T. Yapp 1911.’ within oak wreath, with ‘ZHMtrvS’ [Zuid-Hollandsche Maatschappy tot redding van Schipbreukelingen] top silver riband bar, in J. M. Lucardie, Rotterdam, case of issue, extremely fine, scarce £280-£320
Hammer Price: £750
Norway, Kingdom, Medal for Heroic Deeds, Haakon VII, silver medal with crown, 29mm, the reverse inscribed ‘P. Kavanagh for Ædel Daad. 15-16/1-1914’, minor edge bruising and small dig to reverse field, very fine £160-£200
Hammer Price: £240
Sweden, Kingdom, Medal for Laudable Actions, Carl XV, 43mm, silver (James Russel, Boatman) good very fine, scarce £400-£500
United States of America, Philadelphia Medal for the Rescue of the Danmark 1889, 48mm, silver, the obverse featuring an angel bearing a palm branch, a ship’s wheel and anchor at her feet, ‘From the Citizens of Philadelphia to the Officers & Crew of Atlantic Trans. Line S.S. Missouri’ around, the reverse featuring a ship’s boat, capstan and rope, with sprigs of laurel and oak above, ‘For Humanity and Heroism displayed in rescuing passengers and crew of Steamship Danmark in mid...
Hammer Price: £480
Carnegie Hero Fund Presentation Pocket Watch, silver, with inner cover inscribed, ‘Presented by the Trustees of the Carnegie Hero Fund to P.C. Herbert Archer, Rosyth, Dunfermline, for Heroism in Saving Human Life, 22nd March 1916’, outer cover ornately engraved with ‘CHFT’ (Carnegie Hero Fund Trust) cypher, hallmarks for London 1914, in John Hood, Dunfermline fitted case, internal workings unknown, cypher details worn through polishing, otherwise good condition £180-£220
Hammer Price: £170
A King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom attributed to Monsieur Clement Boirayon, a Resistance group leader who was engaged with Colonel Maurice Buckmaster’s F-Section, SOE, and was actively involved in sabotage and ‘guerilla’ warfare from 1941 through to and beyond D-Day, in the Lyon and St. Etienne area King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom, unnamed as issued, in Royal Mint case of issue, good very fine £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,700
King’s Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom, unnamed as issued, on lady’s bow riband, extremely fine £180-£220
Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £800-£1,200
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (R. W. Hitchcock. A.B. H.M.S. Discovery.) good very fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £4,800
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