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12 & 13 December 2012
Nine: Lieutenant-Commander Harry Bevis, Royal Navy, a prisoner of war of the Japanese 1914-15 Star (Act. Gun, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Act. Gnr., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Gunner Harry Bevis, R.N. 18th Feby. 1923) with bronze buckle on ribbon; Marine Society Reward of Merit, silver (Harry Bevis, 7 March 1910) ring suspension, nearly extremely fine (9) £240-280
Hammer Price: £400
Pair: John Hardie Jr., for Saving a Life on the Richelieu River, Quebec, Canada Life Saving Medal, privately awarded medal, obverse: a seated female figure holding an olive branch, her hand resting on a shield bearing the letters ‘J.H.’, to her left a man dives into water; reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to John Hardie, Jr. who on August 17, 1931 in the Richelieu River, Canada, saved a life from drowning, exhibiting splendid courage and bravery, and winning the everlasting gratitude...
Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 2nd small type, silver (Boatswain’s Mate Philip Larbalastier, S.S. “Dwinsk”, 18th June 1918) in Wyon, London case of issue, extremely fine £280-320
Hammer Price: £370
Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 1st large type bronze medallion, 73mm. (To George Elphinstone, of Blackrock, Dundalk, 9th June 1858) unmounted, edge bruising, nearly very fine £240-280
Hammer Price: £360
Pair: Miss Daphne E. D. H. Millman, for a rescue on Lake Windermere Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (Daphne E. D. H. Millman, Sept 20 1904) with silver buckle on ribbon; Royal Life Saving Society, Award of Merit, silver (Daphne Millman, 1914) with silver brooch bar, good very fine (2) £350-450
Hammer Price: £350
Tynemouth Trust Medal, reverse inscribed (name and date engraved) ‘Awarded to Eugene McCormack, 19th July 1909 for Bravery in Saving Life at Sea’, 51mm., silver, with scroll suspension, complete with ornate brooch bar, good very fine £350-450
Pair: Second Cabin Steward Frederick W. Beecroft, S.S. City of Nagpur, for services in rescuing the passengers and crew of the S.S. Euphrates that had become stranded on the Island of Socotra, Indian Ocean, 13 September 1915 Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (To Fredk. W. Beecroft, S.S. “City of Nagpur” for Gallant Service, 13th Sep. 1915) with silver buckle on ribbon, in Oldfields, Liverpool case of issue; France, Medal of Honour, Ministry of...
Hammer Price: £340
A Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Service) awarded to the American Seaman Thomas Finnegan, of the Pennsylvania, for rescuing the crew of the Falcon in the North Atlantic, 16 November 1890 Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services), V.R., small, silver, ‘From the British Government, For Gallantry and Humanity’ (Thomas Finnegan, 16th November 1890) nearly extremely fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £330
Five: Leading Seaman John Joseph Phelan, Royal Navy, killed in action, serving on H.M.S. Gloucester, 11 January 1941 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.106536 A/L.S., H.M.S. Gloucester); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (John J. Phelan, Royal Navy, 19th Oct. 1931) mounted for display; together with a ‘H.M.S. Resolution’ Prize Medal, 32mm., bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘Boy J. Phelan 2nd...
Three: Ship’s Corporal J. A. MacLennan, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (J. A. MacLennan, Sh. Corpl., 2 Cl., H.M.S. Monarch); Khedive’s Star, 1882, unnamed; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (Jas. MacLennan, Ships Corpl., H.M.S. Daphne, 24th November 1889) claw re-soldered on to medal, with bronze buckle on ribbon, first with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £300-400
Hammer Price: £310
Four: Gunner R. Simm, Royal Field Artillery, who died on 22 October 1917 1914-15 Star (1568 Gnr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (1568 Gnr., R.A.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Robert Simm, June 10 1906) with bronze buckle on ribbon; Memorial Plaque (Robert Simm) good very fine and better (5) £200-260
Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (James Robbins, 26th Sept. 1940) with silver brooch bar on ribbon - lacking pin, edge bruising, very fine £300-350
Four: Lieutenant A. E. H. D. Woollard, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. E. H. D. Woollard) renamed; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type, silver (Lieut. A. Deschamps Woollard, A.S.C. Guines Nov. 13th 1915) with silver buckle on ribbon, good very fine and better (4) £280-320
Maidstone Typhoid Medal 1897, silver (A. Elkington) with silver brooch bar, minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £180-220
Royal Humane Society, large silver medal, by Pingo (R.H.S. Do. Geo. Pring vitam ob restitutam dono dat 1817) unmounted, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £300
Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (successful), by Pistrucci (F. Borton vit. ob Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 1842) unmounted, some scratch marks to reverse, good very fine £300-350
Order of St.John Lifesaving Medal, 2nd type, bronze (Presented to Robert Martin Harris) surname officially corrected, good very fine £300-350
Strathclyde Regional Council Bravery Medal, silver-gilt (1977 E. Donnelly) complete with silver-gilt brooch bar, nearly extremely fine, scarce £280-320
Plym Tamar Lynher and Tavy Humane Society, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘To C. L. Eastlake Esqr. Who risked his own to save another’s Life. 16 August 1869’, unmounted, contained in wooden case, glazed front and back (glass cracked), good very fine £300-350
‘Today’ Gallantry Fund Medal, silver (Samuel Wilkinson, Decr. 15 1894) complete with brooch bar, slight edge bruise, good very fine, rare £300-400
Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (Frank Escombe, 29 May 1869) with silver buckle on ribbon, contact marks, nearly very fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £290
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, silver (Captain W. J. Finlay, S.S. “Fanad Head”, January 12 1921) 6th type suspension, with ‘double-dolphin’ slip bar and silver buckle on ribbon, edge bruising, very fine £200-250
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, silver (O. Nilson, Bo’sun, S.S. “Wearwood” October 15. 1930) 6th type suspension, with ‘double-dolphin’ slip bar and silver buckle on ribbon, official correction to date, good very fine £200-250
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 1st type medallion, 56mm. dia., silver (Jas. Beith, Mate, S.S. Lotus, for Gallantly assisting to save in Steamer’s Boat 3 Pilots out of 5 capsized in their Punt, Septr. 1863) some edge bruising, good very fine £280-320
Hammer Price: £280
Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type, bronze (Thomas D. Scott, Grangemouth, 22nd March 1910) with silver suspension, extremely fine £220-260
Hammer Price: £270
Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 2nd small type bronze (E. F. Jones, of S.S. “Cawdor Castle”, 1st October 1911) in case of issue, extremely fine £250-300
Quiver Good Conduct Medal, bronze, the reverse inscribed ‘Lily Millgate, 1910’, fitted with ring suspension, good very fine and rare £50-70
Five: Driver Herbert Clements, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (T4-044922 Dvr., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T4-044922 Dvr., A.S.C.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1939 (Herbert Clements); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Herbert Clements, July 16 1905) mounted for display, very fine (5) £180-220
Hammer Price: £260
Three: Deck Hand John Pengelly, Royal Naval Reserve British War and Victory Medals (3041SD. J. Pengelly, D.H., R.N.R.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (John Pengelly, R.N.R., 11th May 1917) mounted for display, extremely fine (3) £140-180
Denmark, Medal for Saving Life from Drowning, Christian X (Svend Scheibye Jensen) 47mm., silver, with fixed ring suspension, extremely fine £200-300
Explosives Loading Company Distinguished Service Medal, 39mm., silver, engraved, obverse inscribed, ‘Pro Patria April 2nd 1916’; reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to E. J. Moat by Explosives Loading Company for Distinguished Service’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1916, straight bar suspension, very fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £250
Laetitia Lifeboat Medal 1866, silver, obverse: the Austrian brig ‘Osip’ sinking; rev. inscribed in raised letters, ‘Presented to each member of the crew of the Lifeboat Laetitia for the gallant rescue of 7 Austrian sailors from the brig Osip lost off Lowestoft during the storm of Jan. 13th 1866, Esto Perpetua’, unnamed, ring mount and ring suspension, in case, minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine, rare £250-300
Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (unsuccessful) (J. H. Clyne, Quarter Master, H.M.S. Severn, Vit. Peric. Expos. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 11th July 1863) fitted with ring suspension, some edge bruising, good very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £240
Seven: Petty Officer Robert Henthorn, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (JX.161402 R. Henthorn, P.O., H.M.S. Heron); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Petty Officer Robert Henthorn, 28th Jan. 1950) mounted for display, very fine (7) £200-240
Pair: Gunner Harold Duncan Royal Garrison Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (165509 Gnr., R.A.); Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type, bronze (Harold Duncan, Old Trafford, 13-11-40) with silver suspension, with silver buckle on ribbon, this last in John Pinches case of issue, extremely fine (2) £240-280
Surrey Commercial Dock Company Medal for Saving Life, 38mm., silver (William Edwards, July.19.07) in case of issue, good very fine, rare £250-300
Three: Constable James Jack, Arbroath Burgh Special Constabulary Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 1st issue, 5 clasps, The Great War 1914-18, Long Service 1929, 1939, 1943, 1948 (James Jack); Arbroath Swimming Club Medal for Saving Life, obverse, burgh shield, ‘Arbroath Swimming Club Instd. 1879’; reverse inscribed (part engraved) ‘Presented to James Jack For Saving Life 23rd Augst. 1881’, 45mm., bronze, ring suspension; Arbroath Arts Crafts & Industries Exhibition...
Gorleston Volunteer Lifeboat Medal 1903, obverse: sailing lifeboat; reverse: ‘Christean, Oct. 14th, 1903’ (Charles Burgess) 38.5mm., bronze, complete with brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £240-280
Five: Chief Writer M. Coevorden, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914-15 Star (M. Coevorden, Ch. Wtr., M.F.A.) gilded; British War and Victory Medals (M. Coevorden, Ch. Wtr., M.F.A.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 1st issue (Manny Coevorden); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Manny Coevorden, October 14 1917) suspension slack on last, mounted for display, nearly very fine and better (5) £160-200
Hammer Price: £230
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Radio Officer John Mark Sutton, R.F.A.S., 8th Sept. 1957) mounted as worn, in Spink, London case of issue, edge bruise, good very fine £140-180
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