The Bronze Medal Inscription

The obverse (front) shows a cherub blowing a torch in an attempt to re-kindle it.

Around the edge:

Lateat scintillula forsan

'Perhaps a tiny spark lies therein'.

At the bottom:

The inscription at the bottom of the medal is abbreviated to:

SOC. LOND. IN RESUSCITAT. INTERMORTUORUM. INSTIT. MDCCLXXIV , which in full would be

Societas Londini in resuscitationem intermortuorum instituta MDCCLXXIV

'The Royal Humane Society established in London for the recovery of persons in a state of suspended animation 1774'.

Around the edge on the reverse:

Hoc pretium cive servato tulit ;

'He (or she) won this reward for having saved the life of a fellow citizen'.

In the middle

The abbreviated inscription is:

VIT OB SERV D D SOC REG HUM, which In full this would be:

VITAM OB SERVATAM DONO DEDIT SOCIETAS REGIA HUMANA

'The Royal Humane Society presented this gift for saving life'.