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A Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) silver award medal, dated 1935. The medal’s obverse features a relief depicting a rescue scene with two figures, encircled by the text ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY. The reverse shows a classical female figure holding a laurel wreath, standing before a rising sun. The reverse is engraved with the name C.M. BOATH and the year 1935. It is further marked with the word SILVER and the maker’s mark JAW & Co. The medal is suspended from its original blue and white striped silk ribbon, which features a blue enamel and metal clasp inscribed with the letters R.L.S.S. The item is accompanied by its original red textured presentation case, which bears a gilt society crest on the lid.
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