Auction Catalogue

15 December 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 788 x

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15 December 2011

Hammer Price:
£230

R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, silver (Awarded to Inspector E. B. Smith, R.S.P.C.A. 1919), complete with ‘For Humanity’ brooch bar, edge bruising, very fine £240-280

‘Awards for Saving Animal Life. Your Council again have the pleasure of placing on record the names of a number of brave and humane men and women who risked their lives, or incurred danger of injury, to save animals from suffering or death. ....

Silver Medal - Inspector Smith, R.S.P.C.A., Mr W. Hayford, and Mr and Mrs Letch, for rescuing horses from a burning stable at Mitcham. ...’ (ref. R.S.P.C.A. Annual Report 1919). With copied extract.