Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Church Lads’ Brigade, Royal Review Medal, rev. ‘Lambeth Conference, June 27th 1908, Present on Parade Corp. A. Parish (name engraved), 24mm., bronze, complete with brooch bar; Fire Brigade Medal, by Fattorini, Birmingham, obv. enamelled, fire engine ‘Nelson 1927’, rev. engraved, ‘Alderman A. Gibson, Chairman’, silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1926; ‘J.M.C. D.S.O.’ Cross (2) and another medal, the three bearing 17 clasps dating between 1909-1925, bronze, mounted as worn; Honourable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Medal, Commemorating the Visit of the London H.A.C. to Boston in 1903, bronze, Ref. Payne p.241; together with two other related medals; miniature 1914 Star trio with M.I.D. oakleaf, very fine (11) £30-40

The Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company of Boston, Massachusetts was founded in 1638 by Robert Keayne, a member of the London H.A.C.