Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, large silver medal by Lewis Pingo (Mr C. Hyde, restored W.X.W. June 16. 1786.) fitted with ornate silver suspension, nearly very fine and a rare early award £240-£280

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2014.

R.H.S. Case no. 554: ‘The body of a woman having been pulled from the river near St George’s Fields by Mr J. C. Leignes, “cold and to all appearance dead”, she was successfully restored to life by some women under the instruction of Mr. C. Hyde.’

Sold with research details on a CD.