Medal, Lancashire Humane Society
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a lifesaving medal of the Lancashire Humane Society. Obverse: Inscription: 'SOC . LANC . IN RESUSCITAT . INTERMORTUORUM INST . MDCCLXXXIX RENOV . MDCCCXXIV', 'SUSCITET AC REDDAT NATIS CARISQUE PROPINQUIS' (Lancashire Society for the recovery of persons in a state of suspended animation; to revive and restore them to their children and dear kindred.) Reverse: 'GUTTA CAVAT LAPIDEM NON VI SED SAEPE CADENDO'. [A water drop hollows a stone, not by force, but by continuous dripping.] Partly Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto 4, 10, 5.
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Object Details
ID: | SEC0870 |
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Type: | Medal cast |
Display location: | Not on display |
People: | Lancashire Life-Saving Society |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 52 mm |
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