Stack's Bowers Galleries

November 2021 Baltimore Auction  –  29 November - 1 December 2021

Stack's Bowers Galleries, November 2021 Baltimore Auction

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Part 1: Mo, 29.11.2021, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 2: Tu, 30.11.2021, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 3: Tu, 30.11.2021, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 4: We, 01.12.2021, from 6:00 PM CET
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Description

1859 Humane Society of Massachusetts Life Saving Medal. By Benjamin Wyon. Obverse as Julian LS-17. Bronze. About Uncirculated.

57 mm. Obv: As Julain LS-17. Rev: Inscriptions REWARD OF MERIT / COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE at top and bottom, center inscribed to the recipient TO / BENJAMIN HEATH, / FOR HIS HUMANE EFFORTS / IN RESCUING / ANDREW B. HANNAFORD, / FROM DROWNING, IN / BOSTON HARBOR, / JULY, 1859.

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Price realized 320 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 450 USD
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