Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private E. Day, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving the life of a man from drowning at Roodevval Spruit, Orange River Colony, on 16 September 1900

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4838 Pte. W. Day, 2: R: Berks: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4838 Pte. W. Day. Rl: Berks: Regt.) number officially corrected; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (J. Day. 2nd. Bttn: Berks: Regt, Sep. 16 1900.) with integral top bronze riband buckle, light contact marks, generally good very fine (3) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Royal Berkshire Collection.

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R.H.S. Case no. 30,977: ‘On 16 September 1900, J. J. Le Roux, the son of a local burgher, by holding on to the tail of a horse, was carried out some 25 yards from the bank in a pond at Roodevval Spruit, Orange River Colony. Seeing his danger, Privates Jones and Day, both 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who were bathing near, at once swam out, and at great risk rescued him.’