Royal Humane Society & Life Saving Awards

Lot 1143    Day 1    Royal Humane Society & Life Saving Awards

Estimate $800
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ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND, silver medal, (1913), type 2 (O&D.126), no maker, with suspender, reverse inscribed, 'Awarded to/John Cross/In Recognition Of/A Conspicuous/Act/Of Bravery/1913'. Toned, very fine.

Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 120 (lot 847).^ ^RHS of NZ Case Number 360 - John Cross, John Sanderson, James Glasgow, Thomas Cairns, James Ashley - Silver Medals - On 18 February 1913 at Paekakariki, Frank Malcolm, James Ginanne and Walter Pengally were out fishing in a small boat, and when attempting to return and escape a big swell which had come up, the boat capsized and all three went into the water; Pengally failed to reach the boat and was drowned; the other two clung to the overturned boat. For fully 40 minutes John Cross, John Sanderson, James Glasgow, Thomas Cairns and James Ashley, made repeated attempts to reach the ones in difficulty, and after some time succeeded in getting them safely to shore.^^With research.