Orders, Decorations and Medals

Royal Humane Society, Large Bronze Medal (Successful), the reverse inscribed ‘Donald McDonald, Vit. Ob. Serv., Soc. Reg. Hum., 31 Dec. 1865’, with double loop suspension, minor edge bruise, otherwise very fine or better £60-80

Donald McDonald was awarded the R.H.S. Bronze Medal for helping to save the lives of nineteen of the crew of the ship Guy Mannering which was wrecked on the Island of Iona on 31 December 1865. He along with several others rushed into the surf and seized the men as they floated.