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Rescue Medal, circular silver medal by Fattorini, Birmingham, obverse with leather facing inscribed in gilt lettering, ‘To Gilbert Torrance, Esq. from the Survivors of the “Glen Mona” Expedition, for extreme bravery shown in their rescue. July 29th, 1897’, 48mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1897, ring suspension, very fine and unusual £120-160
£120–£160
City of Philadelphia, Public Ledger Medal of Merit, by Hoover & Smith, Philadelphia, obv. a mounted knight armed with a lance, in raised letters above, ‘The Public Ledger Medal of Merit’, engraved below, ‘Robert Wiley’; rev. two coats-of-arms, ‘City of Philadelphia, Police, Fire’, additionally engraved, ‘Aug. 5th 1929’, 30mm., 14kt. gold, ring suspension, fitted with watch chain, with damaged case, extremely fine £300-400
£300–£400
Presentation Cigarette Case, 109 x 83 x 8mm., silver, with gilt interior, hallmarks for Birmingham 1955, interior of lid inscribed, ‘Presented by G. F. Sleight & Sons Ltd. Grimsby. As an expression of their gratitude & admiration to Mr G. Giblin, a voluntary member of the boats crew of the S/T “Ben Meidie” which went to the rescue of the crew of the S/T “Remindo” wrecked at Faroe 28th April 1955’, very good condition £100-140
£100–£140
Presentation Cigarette Box, 114 x 84 x 37mm., silver, with wooden interior and base, hallmarks unclear, side inscribed, ‘Presented to J. E. Palmer in recognition of Lifesaving Services’, lid inscribed, ‘M/T. St. Finbarr 25th December 1966’, one side slightly buckled, good condition £120-160
Presentation Cigarette Box, 144 x 85 x 30mm., silver, with wooden interior and base, upper left corner of lid set with an enamelled pennant bearing the letters ‘D.S.’, the lid interior inscribed, ‘In Remembrance of Valuable Assistance to M/S Vingnes 1959’, velvet on case underside in part detached, good condition £100-140
The Society of the Golden Cord, Christian Million Newspaper, Medal of Honour, obverse: sailor at the bow of a boat throwing a life-belt to a drowning man, engraved, ‘Joseph Kirkup’; reverse: a knot in the form of a shamrock, ‘Established May 1885’, 32mm., silvered base metal, pierced for suspension, fitted with silver watch chain, edge bruising and buckled, nearly very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £20
Life Saving Medal, engraved cross, rev. inscribed, ‘R.H.S. John Richard Herring for Life Saving on Land and in Water 1909’, 30mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1908, ring suspension, very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £25
City of Philadelphia Inquirer Hero Award, struck shield-shaped medal, obv, helmeted female figure draped in classical garments holding a spear and holding forth a civic crown above a tall building and coat-of-arms, at her feet, ‘Distinguished Service’; rev. inscription, partly engraved, ‘Inquirer Hero Award awarded to P. J. Corr for Distinguished Service by the City of Philadelphia’, 42 x 35mm., bronze, ring suspension, good very fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £30
Life Saving Medal, by Dieges & Clust, obv. within a laurel wreath, two people in open water; rev. inscribed, ‘Jack Coleman rescued Stanley Cookson, Sept-5-1926 Horse Shoe Lake’, 30mm., bronze, ring suspension, very fine £40-60
Silver Presentation Cup, by Angell & Browne, 10 Strand, inscribed ‘The Miss London Trophy for Life Saving’, 133 x 60mm., engraved with a floral design, slightly buckled, fracture to edge of lip, good condition £30-50
Hammer Price: £35
Life Saving Medal, utilizing a Queen Victoria ‘young head’ crown of 1845, this fitted with a scroll suspension, with silver clasp inscribed, ‘Presented to J. Wheatley, June 18th 1869’, and matching brooch bar inscribed, ‘From Mrs Heasman for saving her daughter’s life’, bar reverse additionally inscribed, ‘1869 J. Wheatley’ and with hallmarks for London 1906 and manufacturer’s mark, ‘W.H.T.’, some faint letters inscribed on coin obverse, coin obverse worn, reverse very fine £20-30...
Hammer Price: £40
Life Saving Medal, eight-pointed star entwined by a laurel wreath, by ‘W.J.D.’, obv. a figure about to dive into water to rescue a drowning person; rev. inscribed, ‘Presented to J. Huggins, Saving Life from Drowning, 1880’, 43mm., stamped ‘Sterling Silver’, ring suspension, good very fine £50-70
Life Saving Medal, shield-shaped engraved medal by ‘W.J.D.’, obv. engraved, ‘A.M.’; rev. inscribed, ‘Presented by Mr & Mrs A. Brown to Mr A. Mitchell For Saving their Youngest Son from Drowning, 12.5.08’, 30 x 24mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1907, ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £50-70
Life Saving Medal, circular, engraved medal, obv. inscribed, ‘Presented to Henry J. Letley, For Saving Life at Sea, 4th Jany. 1873’; rev. plain, 35mm., silver, unmounted, good very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £50
Silver Lifesaving Medal of the Oranje Corporation Underwriter Insurer of Ships, obv. within an ornamental border impressed, ‘Uitgereikt voor Edelmoedige Redding der Bemanning v/h Schip “Alfa” de 10den Maart 1926’ (Presented for the courageous rescue of the crew of the ship “Alfa”, 10 March 1926); rev. rayed star above, branch of laurel below, and impressed, ‘Ver. Oranje verz. van Schepen Gevestigd te Groningen’ (Oranje Corporation Insurer of Ships, established in Groningen), 40mm., silver, ba...
Hammer Price: £60
Old Moor Munitions Company Medal 1914-18, by Fattorini & Sons, Bradford, obv. artillery pierce with shells nearby; rev. inscribed, ‘Presented to F. C. Collins for Services Rendered in the Great War 1914-18’, 32mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, ring suspension, attempted erasure of naming, very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £65
Life Saving Medal, circular, engraved medal, obv. inscribed, ‘Bravery Self Sacrifice’; rev. within a wreath of struck laurel leaves inscribed, ‘Albert F. Citon’, 32mm., silver, ring suspension, with faded ‘Jellalabad 1842’ ribbon and an ornate silver brooch bar, in fitted leather case by Spink, Gracechurch Street, London, extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £70
Hull Life Saving Medal, circular struck medal by ‘T.F.’, obv. the coat-of-arms of the City of Hull; rev. inscribed, ‘Presented to Wilfred Whiting by Capt. Baxter, together with 60 Guineas by Voluntary Subscription for having saved 27 Persons from Drowning, Hull, Dec. 23rd 1899’; additionally inscribed on edge, ‘For a Gallant & Noble Act of Humanity in Saving the Lives of 27 Persons from Drowning’, 28mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, ring suspension with watch fob attachment; togethe...
Hammer Price: £95
West of Scotland Swimming Club Medal for Life Saving, oval, silver, engraved disc set within a beaded frame, obv. set with a gold star and inscribed, ‘For Saving Life 3rd July 1869’; rev. inscribed, ‘West of Scotland Swimming Club Presented to Jos. Henderson’, 40 x 33mm., with ornate fitting and ring suspension, with modern ribbon, good very fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £100
Life Saving Medal, circular, engraved medal with raised and ornamental border, obv. inscribed, ‘Presented by George Foster Captain of the English schooner York to Viellard Boatman at Rouen’; rev. inscribed, ‘In testimony of remembrance for having saved the life of His Son from being drowned, May 28, 1841’, 41mm., silver, with loop for neck wear, with modern cord, nearly extremely fine £120-160
Belgium Royal Life Saving Society Medal (5) Leopold II, by A. Fisch, 26mm., silver-gilt, with pierced royal crown, rev. engraved, ‘M. Roland’; another (3), Leopold II, by Wurden, 26mm., silver-gilt, with solid royal crown, rev. engraved, ‘Aan Capitein Ed. Trefoüel, Antwerpen, 6 Meerl 1876; Dr Blain des Cormiers; F. Pilcher’; another, Leopold II, by P. Hart, 20mm., silver-gilt, with solid royal crown, rev. engraved, ‘Renaud’, good very fine and better (5) £100-140
Belgian Royal Life Saving Society group of three to F. A. Majolini Belgium Royal Life Saving Society Medal, Leopold I, 1847-65 type, 26mm., silver, with mural crown suspension, rev. impressed, ‘F. Majolini, Bubize, 17 Fev. 1858’; another, Leopold II, 26mm., silver, with royal crown suspension, rev. impressed, ‘F. Majolini’; another, Leopold II, 32mm., silver-gilt, with royal crown suspension, rev. impressed, ‘F. A. Majolini’, mounted loosely on a bar, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-100...
Hammer Price: £110
Pair: Fireman J. D. Legg, Lyme Regis Fire Brigade National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal (2), 1 clasp, Twenty Years (5664 John D. Legg), rev. inscribed, ‘Lyme Regis Fire Brigade’, silver; another, 2 clasps, Ten Years, Five Years (9159 John Davy Legg), rev. inscribed, ‘Lyme Regis Fire Brigade’, bronze, 2nd clasp loose; together with a silver commemorative spoon inscribed, ‘Boscombe Arcade Fire 1911’, extremely fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Finchley District Council Medal for Saving Life from Fire, circular, engraved, obv. pre-1933 arms of Finchley District Council; rev. inscribed, ‘For Devotion to Duty in Saving Life from Fire at 16, Crescent Way, North Finchley on the 15th December 1923’, unnamed, 38mm., silver, straight bar suspension, extremely fine £80-100
Hyde Park Police Swimming Club Life Saving Medal, silver disc set within an ornate frame, 37mm., obv. a finely engraved scene of the bridge over the Serpentine; rev. within a wreath of laurel leaves, ‘Presented by the H.P.P.S.C. to Mr J. Morsley for Courage & Promptitude displayed in the Saving of Life in the Serpentine, 26.6.86’, with ornate suspension and brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £140
Family pair: Rescue Medal, circular, engraved medal by ‘J.D. & Co.’, obv. inscribed, ‘Presented by Thomas Adams to Mrs Pinnock’; rev. inscribed, ‘For kindly help to the Crew of H.M.S. Niger, Nov. 11th 1914’, 32mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1914, ring suspension Geneal Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Miss E. F. Pinnock) extremely fine (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £160
American Alpine Club David A. Sowles Memorial Medal, obv. a depiction of an injured climber being lowered down a mountainside by rope in a rescue cradle, with a rescuer nearby, ‘In Memoriam David A, Sowles’; inscribed in raised letters, ‘Unselfish Devotion to Imperilled Climbers’, and engraved, ‘Steve Ruos, M.D., Everest, 1988’, 38mm., silver, ring suspension, with ribbon for neck wear, extremely fine £80-100
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, General Medal, silver (Mr Wm Bates Junr. for rescuing a man who had fallen between the rails at James St. Station, 2nd Nov. 1900), with silver brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £170
Life Saving Medal, engraved gold cross with coronet above, by ‘J.G. & S.’, obv. inscribed, ‘Presented to James Pitt for Gallant Conduct’; rev. inscribed, ‘By Alfred Hallett for rescuing him from drowning in the Tyne on 5th July 1916’, 40 x 28mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1913, attached to watch fob chain with ‘mother-of-pearl’ bauble affixed, good very fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £190
Four: Acting Leading Stoker W. S. Hopkins, Royal Navy, late Royal Naval Division 1914 Star, with clasp (SS.108640 Sto. 1Cl., Hood Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (S.S.108640 Act. L. Sto., R.N.); Life Saving Medal, by ‘J.F.’, engraved, obv. ‘12.6.14, W. Hopkins’; rev. ‘From Mrs Bullock for Assisting in Saving Life’, 36 x 26mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1911, very fine and better (4) £240-280
Hammer Price: £200
Presentation Match Case, by ‘S.B. & S. Ltd.’, 43 x 40 x 10mm., 22.14g., 9ct gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1924, inscribed, ‘Presented to Mr E. Milford, by the 3 Widows & 1 Mother to show their appreciation of his kindness in the Tug Boat Disaster, July 12th 1923’, attached to a watch chain with jewelled fob, a little buckled, good condition £120-160
Medal for Saving Life from Fire, eight-pointed star, bearing a sixteen-point sunburst, in turn bearing in the centre a phoenix enclosed by a garter inscribed, ‘Life or Death’; rev. inscribed, ‘Presented by William Callow to H. W. Hearnden for the rescue from fire of his child A. K. Callow, aged 11 yrs. 20 Sepr. 1880’, 82mm., silver, with matching silver brooch bar bearing the word, ‘Fire’, nearly extremely fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £220
Five: Colour Sergeant T. Barker, Royal Marines Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Ply.9108 Sgt., R.M.L.I.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Ply.9108 Cr. Sgt., R.M.L.I.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ply.9108 A.1332 Clr. Sgt., R.F.R.); Birmingham Swimming Club Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life from Drowning, obv. two rescusitating a third, a lighthouse and yacht in the background, an Angel bearing civic wreaths hovers above, ‘Birmingham Swiming Club’; rev. inscri...
Hammer Price: £230
Forth Swimming Club and Humane Society Rescue Medal, circular, engraved garter inscribed, ‘For Health Pleasure & Safety’, enclosing, ‘Forth Swimming Club and Humane Society Rescue Medal, instituted 1850’; rev. inscribed, ‘To Adam R. Tait for Saving the Life of John Willis at Coldingham Sands, 26th August 1875’, 54mm., silver, in fitted Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh case of issue, extremely fine £200-250
Five: Able Seaman F. McNally, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (155830 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (155830 A.B., R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (155830 Dev.B.333 A.B., R.F.R.); Life Saving Medal, by ‘C.E.S.’, engraved, obv. sailing ship; rev. within a laurel wreath, ‘Presented to F. McNally in recognition of Bravery at Sea in Saving Life, dated Jan. 14 1894’, 36mm., silver, hallamrks for Birmingham, with silver brooch bar, second with minor contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £260
Lifesaving Medal pair to George Fenner of the Harwich Lifeboat Silver Medal of the South Holland Society for Rescue from Shipwreck, with clasp, ‘ZHMtrvS’, rev. inscribed, ‘George Fenner, 22 January 1881’, 45mm., silver; Life Saving Medal, circular, engraved, obv. inscribed, ‘George Fenner, Memento for Gallantry in saving Crew of Schooner “Rose” of Ipswich, 30th March 1901’; rev. inscribed with a wreath of laurel, ‘Let not the deep swallow me up’, 39mm., silver, with ornate silver suspensi...
Three: Constable J. 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); Arboath Swimming Club Medal for Saving Life, obv. coat-of-arms, ‘Arbroath Swimming Club, Instd. 1879’; rev. within a wreath of thistles, ‘Presented to James Jak for Saving Life 23rd Augst. 1881’ - name and date engraved, 45mm., bronze, ring suspension; Arbroath Arts, Crafts and Industries Exhib...
Hammer Price: £270
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful), unnamed, suspension refixed; Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, silver, double-dolphin suspension, unnamed; Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 2nd small type, silver, unnamed, last extremely fine; others good very fine (3) £140-180
Hammer Price: £290
Holloway Cholera Medal 1849, circular, engraved medal, obv. inscribed, ‘A Token of Gratitude Presented to Dr Carrington by his poor patients for his unwearied attention during the Cholera, Holloway 1849’; rev. inscribed, ‘Blessed is he that considereth the poor. The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. Ps. 41.1.’, 46mm., silver-gilt, within an engraved silver-gilt frame with integral straight bar hinged suspension, with gilt brooch bar and buckle on ribbon, good very fine £200-250...
Moray Floods Medal 1829, obv. a view of the Bridge of Spey, partially destroyed by the river in a raging flood; rev. inscription in raised lettering (name engraved), ‘Presented by the Central Committee for the Flood Fund to Hugh Wright Finfhorn as an Honorary Reward for his Courage and Humanity shewn at the Great Flood August 4th 1829’, silver, with loop suspension, extremely fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £300
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