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Auction: 9024 - The Property of a Gentleman Orders, Decorations and Campaign Medals
Lot: 749

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal, successful (Florence. Manning. 28th. Augt. 1909.), edge bruise, very fine, and scarce to a school-girl Estimate £ 80-120 On the 28th August, 1909, Charlotte Pritchard, aged 7, whilst at play fell from a barge into the River Lea at Blackwall, 6 feet deep, with the tide running. Florence Manning, a school girl, aged 13, jumped in full clothed, caught her, and swam with her a distance of 10 to 12 yards to the side. (Medal approved 15.10.1909). Provenance: Sotheby, October 1971.

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