Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George R. Hinchley, 19 March, 1870.) lacking brooch buckle, very fine £100-£140

R.H.S. Case No. 18,488:

‘George Richard Hinchley, 24, of Shoreditch, rescued John Bentill, 10, who fell into the water at the East London Railway cutting at Spitalfields, 8 to 10 feet deep. Hinchley jumped from a wall, a height of 16 feet into the water and rescued the boy, then swam 15 yards before being able to land.’