Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Pte. W. A. Mackay, R.M.L.I. 6th. Oct. 1907.) planchet only, very fine £80-£100

R.H.S. Case no. 35,706:
‘On 6 October 1907, a man threw himself into the Medway from the esplanade at Stroud, there being a depth of 10 feet. W. A. Mackay, Private, R.M.L.I., plunged in and rescued him.’