Life Saving Medals

1906 U.S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps Three-Piece Hanging Badge. Sterling Silver. About Uncirculated.

31 mm x 80 mm. An intricate badge with plenty of turn of the century charm featuring a pinback hanger surmounted by a spread wing eagle with the name of the recipient, JAS. J. HORRIGAN, above a rescue scene, inscriptions PRESENTED TO above and FOR SAVING FROM DROWNING below the scene. Suspended from that is a figural piece of a rescue team in a rowboat attending to a victim. The lowest part of the badge is comprised of the U.S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps logo, the back inscribed WARWICK R.I. / JULY 26 1906. Accompanied by the original leather snap-tight case, which is in excellent condition with minimal signs of handling. (Total: 1 badge; 1 case)

Estimate: 300