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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 527

(x) Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (To James Hunt. Stoker. 2nd. Class. H.M.S. Vanity. "For Gallant Service," 3-7-25.), edge bruise and loose suspension, otherwise very fine

James Hunt was awarded the Silver Medal and a Certificate of Thanks for rescuing a boy of 9 years in peril of drowning in the King's Dock, Liverpool, on 3rd July 1926; sold with research that states that although the citation is not recorded in the 87th Annual Report, the events which led to the award can be found in an extract from a newspaper cutting attached to the Minutes of a Committee Meeting held on 29 July 1925.

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Sold for
£140