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Royal Humane Society Medal
Royal Humane Society Bronze medal, 1911. Obverse: A nude boy blowing on an extinguished torch which he shades with one hand, a short cloak blows out behind him. Legend: 'LATEAT SCINTITILLVLA FORSAN' (A little spark may yet lie hid). Exergue: 'SOC . LOND . IN RESVSCITAT . INTERMORTVORVM . INSTIT MSCCLXXIV'. Reverse: Within an oak wreath 'VIT . PERIC . EXPOS D .D . SOC . REG HVM.' Suspended from a blue silk ribbon. Awarded to Admiral Sir Dudley Pound (1877-1943) for attempting to rescue three men overcome by poisonous fumes aboard HMS 'Superb' on 30 June 1911.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA0555 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Lifesaving award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| People: | Pound, Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers; Royal Humane Society |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 38 mm |
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