Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George Fordham, 24th October, 1891.) complete with bronze brooch buckle in its Warrington fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine £120-£160

R.H.S. Case No. 25,704:

‘George Fordham, Ship Worker, saved H. Williams from the Thames at Limehouse. Williams threw himself into the River at a point where the current rushes round a bend like a torrent. 10 feet deep. Fordham threw off his coat, sprang across the barges and plunged in after the drowning man who was being carried down by the tide. He reached the man as he was sinking for the 3rd time and held him up until a boat came.’