Lot 3171
Sale NZ1 · The Unique & Unparalleled Collection of New Zealand Historical Medals & Memorabilia (Part 1)
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Royal Humane Society of Australasia, Instd. A.D. 1874, struck in bronze (38mm), by C.Turner D. J.Hogarth F. (Sydney), reverse inscribed 'Van Mollier/30th Decr./1886'. Remnants of glue on obverse, otherwise very fine.
Van Mollier, aged 35 years, a lumper and seaman, saved Robert Wilson (aged seven and a-half years) from drowning at the Railway wharf, Wellington, on the 30th December 1886. Awarded a bronze medal.
- Estimate
- $500
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $300