The Tom May Collection -British Singles

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Lot 2047    Session 7 (11.30am Wednesday)    The Tom May Collection -British Singles

Estimate $650
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,100

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, silver medal, first type obverse (GIVR) with second type suspension 'Dolphins', edge inscribed 'William Johnson Voted 4 Novr 1858'. Very fine.

William Johnson - 18 October 1858: The sloop 'Queen', with seven men on board, was wrecked off Yarmouth, Norfolk, during an easterly gale. Mr Johnson went out from the shore in the breeches buoy using lines that the crew had rigged, to ensure that they were secure, then, with four others, he took a boat to the vessel and rescued four of her seven man crew. See 'Australasian Coin and banknote' year book, 2007, pp 54-57.

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