Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George H. Pinhay. 29. July 1884.) with integral top riband buckle, in fitted case of issue, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £180-£220

R.H.S. Case no. 22,424.

George H. Pinhay, a 13 year old schoolboy, was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving life on the River Itchen where it flows into Southampton Water at Woolston, Southampton, on 29 July 1884.