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Royal Humane Society Medal
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a Royal Humane Society medal. Obverse: A nude boy blowing on an extinct torch. Legend: 'LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN.' (Peradventure a little spark may yet lie hid). Exergue: 'SOC . LOND . IN . RESUSCITAT . INTERMORTVORVM . INSTIT . MDCCLXXIV'. (Society established in London for the recovery of persons in a state of suspended animation, 1774). Reverse: Legend: 'HOC PRETIVM CIVE SERVATO TVLIT' (He obtained this reward for saving the life of a citizen). Within an oak wreath: 'DO. FVRNASS / VITAM / OB / RESTITVTAM'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC0863 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| People: | London Humane Society; Furnass, D. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 51 mm |