Life Saving Medal of the Order of St John in silver awarded to Cecil Courtenay Dickinson

Object type

Medals

Medals and insignia

Life Saving Medal of the Order of St John

Date

Awarded: 25 May 1924

Associated person

Recipient: Cecil Courtenay Dickinson (1892 - 1928)

Inscriptions

obverse: FOR SERVICE IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY

reverse: AWARDED BY THE GRAND PRIOR OF THE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM IN ENGLAND

edge: PRESENTED TO MR. C. C. DICKINSON. 1924.

Dimensions

Height: 95mm
Diameter: 35mm

Materials and technique

Silver, struck, with silk ribbon

Related place(s)

Japan

References

Tozer, Charles W. The Insignia and Medals of the Grand Priory of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. J.B. Hayward & Son, 1975.
Page 40

Willoughby, Roger and John Wilson eds. For Service in the Cause of Humanity: The Life Saving Awards of the Order of St John. Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd, 2024.
Page 110

Provenance

Purchased from Sotheby's, 1980

Catalogue number

231