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LIFE SAVING AWARDS (James Spencer Collection)

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934 16 Dec 03 Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (Charles Hagges, Wreck of the “Aidar” on the 19th January 1896) nearly extremely fine £400-500  photo available £400-£500 £550
935 16 Dec 03 Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services), V.R., small, silver, ‘From the British Government, For Gallantry and Humanity in Saving the Crew of the Ocean Queen 1858’ (Carl Peschke) edg...  photo available £250-£300 £340
936 16 Dec 03 Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (successful) (Mr Thos. Mantell restored Iohn Ingledon, Sept. 28. 1782), in case of issue, good very fine £240-280  photo available £240-£280 £220
937 16 Dec 03 Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (successful) (Joanni Thompson Armo., vit ob serv dono dat Soc. Reg. Hvm. 1837) good very fine £250-300  photo available £250-£300 £250
938 16 Dec 03 Royal Humane Society, proficiency in swimming medallion, silver (Louis Martineau), obverse exergue inscribed, ‘Marlborough College 1883’, extremely fine £30-40  photo available £30-£40 £65
939 16 Dec 03 Royal National Institute for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, G.IV.R., silver (Joseph Renowden, voted 24 Dec. 1828), pierced with ring suspension, good very fine £280-340  photo available £280-£340 £490
940 16 Dec 03 Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 2nd type, silver, obverse: a rayed all seeing eye with the word ‘Vigilo’ on a scroll below; reverse inscribed, ‘Presented at the...  photo available £600-£700 £880
941 16 Dec 03 Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 3rd type, silver, obverse: man carrying a woman over his shoulder; reverse inscribed, ‘Joshua W. Butterworth Esq., Member of Com...  photo available £180-£220 £140
942 16 Dec 03 Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 4th type, silver, obverse: a man supporting a woman with two children nearby (Bernard McCann, Belfast, 25th February 1897) edge ...  photo available £300-£350 £440
943 16 Dec 03 A rare Sheffield Society Medal for Recognising Bravery and Society for the Protection of Life from Fire Medal group of three to Petty Officer R. C. Hall, Royal Navy China 1900, n...  photo available £600-£700 £600
944 16 Dec 03 Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 1st type, 54mm. silver medallion, (Daniel Morgan for gallantly jumping into the Mersey at various times & saving 9 persons, De...  photo available £300-£350 £450
945 16 Dec 03 Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 2nd type oval medal with ‘Liver Bird’ suspension, silver (To William Evans, Master S.S. Prince of Wales, January 29th, 1870), ...  photo available £400-£500 £460
946 16 Dec 03 Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (John Elliott, R.P.C.II, for having jumped into the Mersey to rescue a man, Feb. 26, 1879), silver buckle on ...  photo available £100-£120 £200
947 16 Dec 03 Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Bramley-Moore Medal for Saving Life at Sea, silver, by Elkington, Liverpool (Richard Stoker, S.S. Bickerstaffe, for plunging into the sea of...  photo available £500-£600 £500
948 16 Dec 03 Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Fire Medal, silver (Roland Whittington, for the rescue of a woman whose clothes had caught fire, Feby. 23, 1891), with silver buckle on ribb...  photo available £250-£300 £250
949 16 Dec 03 Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, General Medal, silver (P.C.130D. Michael Manning, for a gallant attempt to stop a runaway horse on 11 Jan. 1900) good very fine £100-140  photo available £100-£140 £260
950 16 Dec 03 Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Swimming Medal, silver (To Ronald Watson, St. James’s Council Sch. for proficiency in swimming execises with the object of saving life, 21/1...  photo available £40-£50 £65
951 16 Dec 03 A double-issue pair of Lloyd’s Medals for Saving Life at Sea to Chief Officer W. M. Williams, Merchant Navy Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 1st large type silver medallion, ...  photo available £800-£1000 £1250
952 16 Dec 03 Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, silver, by Davis, Birmingham (John Dixon, 1863), with double-dolphin suspension, this slack, good very fine £200-250  photo available £200-£250 £290
953 16 Dec 03 Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, silver, by Stokes, Birmingham (Capt. H. J. J. Wise, S.S. “Ontario”, 8 March 1897) with double-dolphin suspension, silv... £200-£250 £200
954 16 Dec 03 Tayleur Fund Medal, silver, reverse inscribed (To Joseph Sweeney, H.M.S. Ajax for Distinguished Gallantry in Saving of Life at Kingstown 9th Feby. 1861. The Rt. Honble. Lord Talbot...  photo available £80-£120 £250
955 16 Dec 03 Mercantile Marine Service Association Medal, silver (Awarded to J. W. Manghan for Great Proficiency in all branches of Training & Education on board H.M.S. “Conway”, 1900) unmounte...  photo available £100-£150 £160
956 16 Dec 03 Tynemouth Extension Medal (Awarded to Eugene McCormack, 19th July 1909 for Bravery in Saving Life at Sea), 51mm., silver, complete with ornate brooch bar, good very fine £250-300  photo available £250-£300 £430
957 16 Dec 03 Order of St.John Lifesaving Medal, 1st type, silver (Daniel Thomas, 1886) slight edge bruising, very fine £600-700  photo available £600-£700 £480
958 16 Dec 03 Order of St.John Lifesaving Medal, 1st type, bronze (James McGowan, Decbr. 1880) good very fine, rare £450-550  photo available £450-£550 £1000
959 16 Dec 03 Pair: Orderly J. Cooper, St. John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (65 Ordly., St. John Amb. Bde.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (65 Pte., W... £280-£320 £490
960 16 Dec 03 St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association Bravery Medal, for saving Life on Land, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1938 (James Ferns), with ‘thistle suspension and clasp inscribed, ‘Paisl...  photo available £200-£250 £700
961 16 Dec 03 Bolton & District Humane Society Medal for the Hulton Colliery Disaster 1910, 35mm., bronze, unnamed, good very fine £100-140  photo available £100-£140 £410
962 16 Dec 03 Bristol Humane Society (Presented to Alfred Long for saving the life of Robert Richards, July 10th 1869), 48mm., silver medallion, good very fine, scarce £400-500  photo available £400-£500 £400
963 16 Dec 03 Bristol Humane Society, awarded for long distance swimming to pupils of Bristol Public Elementary Schools (Wm. Leonard, Swam 1/4 mile 1908), 45mm., white metal medallion, very fine...  photo available £20-£30 £20
964 16 Dec 03 City of Dundee Corporation Bravery Medal (William Phinn), silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1937, with ‘Gallantry’ brooch bar, nearly extremely fine, rare £250-300  photo available £250-£300 £650
965 16 Dec 03 Falmouth, Truro, Helston, Penryn and St. Ives Medal Commemorating the Loss of the East Indiaman “Kent” 1825, obverse: the East Indiaman ‘Kent’ in flames and the brig ‘Cambria’ send...  photo available £700-£900 £720
966 16 Dec 03 Folkestone, Hythe and Sandgate Medal, silver, reverse inscribed (Folkestone, Hythe and Sandgate to Edward Mee, 11th November 1891, “He bravely did his duty”), fitted with scroll su...  photo available £250-£300 £420
967 16 Dec 03 Mayor of Folkestone’s Medal for Valour, obverse with struck design and inscribed, ‘For Valour’; reverse engraved with a rescue scene and inscribed, ‘Presented to James Harris for G...  photo available £100-£150 £210
968 16 Dec 03 Glasgow Humane Society Medal, Type 1, for intrepidity of conduct and success in saving the life of a fellow citizen (Evan McGowan), 42mm., silver, flan approx. 2mm. thick, unmounte...  photo available £500-£600 £500
969 16 Dec 03 Glasgow Humane Society Medal, Type 2, for intrepidity of conduct and success in rescuing from drowning (John Sutherland), 42mm., silver, flan approx. 4mm. thick, unmounted, minor e...  photo available £500-£600 £500
970 16 Dec 03 Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 1st type (John Mills), 38mm., silver, hallmarks indistinct, complete with ‘Gallantry’ brooch bar, in Edward, Glasgow case of issue, nearly ext...  photo available £240-£280 £340
971 16 Dec 03 Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 2nd type (Robert Green, 1946), 32mm., silver, hallmarks indistinct, unmounted, edge bruising, nearly very fine £100-140  photo available £100-£140 Unsold
972 16 Dec 03 Gorleston Volunteer Lifeboat Medal obverse: sailing lifeboat; reverse: ‘Christean, Oct. 14th, 1903’ (Charles Burgess), 38.5mm., bronze, complete with brooch bar, nearly extremely f...  photo available £160-£200 £260
973 16 Dec 03 Jersey Humane Society, silver (Mr A. J. Bellis), inscribed on edge, ‘ 10 July 1867’, nearly extremely fine, rare £450-550  photo available £450-£550 £880
974 16 Dec 03 Lancashire Humane Society, reverse inscribed (Presented to Mr Benjamin Witham Booth for his zealous exertions on behalf of the Humane Society, 1838), 52mm., silver medallion, good ...  photo available £500-£600 Unsold
975 16 Dec 03 Lancashire Constabulary Life Saving League (A. W. Glade), 42mm., bronze, unmounted, extremely fine £60-80  photo available £60-£80 £70
976 16 Dec 03 Liverpool Medal for Heroism, obverse: St. George with sword and shield,a dragon at his feet, ‘To Commemorate a Brave Act’; reverse: a ‘Liverbird’ and a female figure of ‘Victory’, ...  photo available £280-£320 £360
977 16 Dec 03 Northamptonshire Humane Society (Revdus. Joh: Heriett de Pilton, 1791), 38mm., silver, unmounted, slight edge bruising, very fine, rare £250-300  photo available £250-£300 £300
978 16 Dec 03 Plym Tamar Lynher and Tavy Humane Society, silver (To John Yeo, who to save another’s Life risked his own, June 20th 1838), pierced at 12 o’clock for suspension, some edge bruising...  photo available £220-£260 £220
979 16 Dec 03 Hundred of Salford Humane Society, 1st type, silver (William Olive, August 1878), with straight bar suspension, edge bruise, good very fine, scarce £180-220  photo available £180-£220 £220
980 16 Dec 03 Hundred of Salford Humane Society, 2nd type, silver (William Collier, June 1887), with ornate silver brooch bar, good very fine £60-80  photo available £60-£80 £65
981 16 Dec 03 Hundred of Salford Humane Society, shield-shaped, with crossed tridents, bearing three enamelled shields at its centre, reverse inscribed, ‘Marjorie Brightmore, 1917’, 38 x 35mm., ...  photo available £20-£30 £35
982 16 Dec 03 Life Saving Society, Scottish Centre, Waddell Challenge Shield Medal, reverse inscribed (Won by L. McKenzie, 1899), 32mm., bronze, good very fine £20-30  photo available £20-£30 £30
983 16 Dec 03 Shropshire Society in London Life Saving Medal (Presented to John Bennett, for gallantly rescuing Herbert Rhodes from drowning in the Severn at Shrewsbury on Jan. 7th 1923), 51mm....  photo available £400-£500 Unsold
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