1815Perhaps the earliest known (1815) gold American lifesaving medal in collectors' hands? For lifesaving medal enthusiasts, I cannot recommend highly enough the splendid and rather rare book The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Historical Review 1785-1916 depicting all the various lifesaving medals issued thru the centuries by the Mass Humane Society and listing all the recipients by year. Fascinating and great plates including an oval GOLD 1792 Massachusetts Humane lifesaving medal, and pictorial to boot! And a gold 1816 very similar to my 1815. Gad!gold30.47555