Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (William Stace, 21st. June, 1893.) with integral top riband buckle, good very fine £120-£160

R.H.S. Case no. 26,529: ‘At 8:40 p.m. on 21 June 1893 Charles Bromley, a boy aged 8, fell off the Royal Pier in Southampton into the water, the tide running out very fast. William Stace, the Pier Attendant, threw off his coat, jumped from the pier, and held the boy up until they were taken into a boat.’