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13 January 2021

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13 January 2021

Hammer Price:
£260

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (Capt. Alfred H. Highton. S.S. “Yucatan” for Rescuing 15 of The Crew Of “Petit Bourgeois” in A Gale, Dec. 24. 1892) with silver brooch buckle, very fine £140-£180

Extract from Society Records:

‘A Silver Medal and Vote of Thanks to Captain Alfred H. Highton, S.S.
Yucatan, for having stood by the French barque Petit Bourgeois, for about twelve hours during a heavy gale and high sea, and finally having rescued the crew of fifteen persons; the vessel had to be abandoned on the 24th of December 1892, because she was in a waterlogged and sinking condition, and was fast breaking up.’

Alfred Halewood Highton was born at Bootle cum Linacre, Lancashire, on 21 March 1850. He joined the merchant navy, passing for Second Mate in October 1868, First Mate in April 1872, and Master in December 1876. He was employed by the White Star Line and served in the merchant navy during the Great War earning the British and Mercantile Marine War medals. He died at Maghull, Lancashire, on 13 April 1927.