the Combat Action Ribbon
trimmed with rules in gold-coloured paint around the terraced circumference above and below the aforementioned insignia and two text blocks
with excellent crisp details and excellent silvering
wood framed with purple leather wrapping
and Driver's Badge also in zinc
United Kingdom. A Royal Humane Society Medal, to R. Parsons, HMS Benbow, 1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the Combat Action RibbonInstituted in 1774. For a successful rescue. In silver with a bronze lacquer, rim engraved R. S. PARSONS. H. M. S. BENBOW SEP. 17. 1900, measures 38. 3 mm (w) x 44. 7 mm (h), wear to lacquer, dark patina on the suspension, remains very fine. Footnote: Parsons, Robert S. Petty officer 2nd Class HMS Benbow. Case 30927: On the 17th September 1900, Private J. Cook, RMLI, in an attempt at suicide, jumped overboard from HMS Benbow in the Clyde off Greenock.