Life Saving Medals
Lot 3851 Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday 24 November) Leslie J Carlisle C Life Saving Medals
Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $280
ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA BRONZE MEDAL, missing suspender, reverse inscribed, 'Jas Deans/4th April 1886'. Nearly extremely fine.
Bronze Medal awarded to James Deans, chief steward of the S.S.Gabo, for jumping overboard and endeavouring to save Mrs Binder off Cape Woolamai on 4 April.
Mrs Binder was a steerage passenger on the Howard, Smith and Sons ship, S.S.Gabo from Sydney to Melbourne. She fell overboard on Sunday 4th April at 10 a.m. off Cape Woolamai, Phillip Island. As she was passing astern Chief Steward James Deans jumped overboard and saved her until they were both picked up by the ship's rescue lifeboat in less than ten minutes.
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Estimate $400
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