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Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Harold P. Wright, S.A.C. Feby. 8. 1906) complete with bronze ribbon brooch, extremely fine £120-£160
R.H.S. Case No. 35270:
‘On the 8th February, 1906, a cart with four persons on it was swept away while crossing the Groenvlie Sluit, at Fauresmith, Orange River Colony. Harold P. Wright, Sub-Inspector S.A.C. and C. F. Atkinson went in and succeeded in saving two women and a child; the fourth person, a native, got out unaided.’
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