Lot 2646
Sale 134 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (type 2), with contemporary gilding and a small loop fitted to suspension rod, edge inscribed, 'William H Rowe, 28, July, 1869.'. No ribbon, very fine.
Ex Dix Noonan Webb auction 26 March 2009 (lot 480).
Pilot William H. Rowe effected a successful rescue off Plymouth Sound on 28 July 1869 (R.H.S. Case No. 18262).
- Estimate
- $200
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $260