Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

U.S.A., 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.