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Auction: 347 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 56

United States. Department of the Treasury. Gold Life Saving Medal. Julian LS-9. 44.9mm. By Anthony C. Paquet. Awarded to: WILLIAM S. DOYLE FOR HEROICALLY RESCUING MAN AUG. 8. 1887.

Doyle, of Asbury Park, NJ, heroically rescued William C. Truesdale from drowning in Spring Lake, N.J. August 8, 1887. "While in bathing Truesdale found himself" caught in the undertow several hundred feet from shore. Learning of the man's peril, Doyle ran nearly a quarter of mile and immediately entered the surf "without waiting to recover his breath." "Fighting his way against currents and through broken water" Doyle reached Truesdale just as he was about to sink."

Approximately 85 gms with hanger. Some light hairlines in fields. EF-AU.

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$3,250