Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (successful), 1st type by Lewis Pingo (Do. West vitam ob restitvtam 1801) unmounted, good very fine £160-200

In the Society’s Annual Report of 1801, Mr West is listed as one of the designated Medical Assistants for the River Thames above Westminster Bridge. Mr West was presented with the silver medal on 19 September 1801.