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United States of America, Humane Society of Massachusetts, 4th type, by Wyon, London, obv. shield bearing the arms of the Society, rev. engraved within a wreath of oak and laurel, ‘To Norman S. Powers for Bravery in Saving Life, Cambridge, Feb. 17th, 1901’, 39mm., silver, complete with brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £180-£220
The Humane Society of Massachusetts was instituted in 1785 and incorporated in 1791, making it one of the oldest life-saving societies in the world.
Norman S. Powers was born in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, in 1879, eldest of five sons of James and Margaret A. Powers. (U.S. Census 1900 refers).
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