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.

Object Details

ID: ZBA0555
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