United Kingdom. A Royal Humane Society Medal, to R. Parsons, HMS Benbow, 1900 Buy Now this Second Enlarged and Revised

this Second Enlarged and Revised Edition published in Toronto in 1982

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United Kingdom. A Royal Humane Society Medal, to R. Parsons, HMS Benbow, 1900 Buy Now this Second Enlarged and RevisedInstituted in 1774. For a successful rescue. In silver with a bronze lacquer, rim engraved R. S. PARSONS. H. M. S. BENBOW SEP. 17. 1900, measures 38. 3 mm (w) x 44. 7 mm (h), wear to lacquer, dark patina on the suspension, remains very fine. Footnote: Parsons, Robert S. Petty officer 2nd Class HMS Benbow. Case 30927: On the 17th September 1900, Private J. Cook, RMLI, in an attempt at suicide, jumped overboard from HMS Benbow in the Clyde off Greenock.