Life Saving Medal, 1848 (stamped)

CATEGORY: Version

SKU: 02.OLD.0104.101.01.000

Estimated market value:

$2,200 USD

Estimated market value:

$2,200 USD

Attributes

Country

Germany
Composition

Silver
Inscription

Obv: PAUL FRIEDR. AUGUST GR: V. OLDENBURG Rev: FÜR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR
Size

30mm
Version Remarks

This version is stamped "BREHMER F." and was awarded between 1848 and 1897.
Image Licensing

The image of the Life Saving Medal, 1848 (stamped) is a scanned image from the book "Handbuch der Ritter- und Verdienstorden aller Kulturstaaten der Welt" edited by Maximilian Gritzner. The book was published in 1893. It is in the public domain in countries where the copyright is the author's life plus 70 years.

History

The Life Saving Medal was founded by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August on February 17, 1848, and it was conferred upon individuals who placed their own life in peril in an effort to rescue another person’s life or property.

In 1902 a bar was introduced for repeated life-saving attempts. It featured the date of the second life-saving attempt. It is uncertain what this bar looked like.

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