Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore

An Order of St. John pair awarded to Corporal S. M. Gill, St. John Ambulance Brigade

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Service Medal of the Order of St. John, silver, with four Additional Award Bars (36855 Cpl. S. Gill. Devon 1946) minor white enamel damage to central Maltese cross on first, nearly very fine (2) £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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Stanley Mann Gill was born at Ashburton in 1914. A Carpenter and Joiner by occupation he is recorded in the 1939 Register residing at Ashburton and shown as ARP First Aid St John’s Ambulance Brigade. He was appointed a Service Brother of the Order of St John in 1959 (London Gazette 13 January 1959)., and died at Ashburton on 2 January 1986, aged 71.

Sold with the recipient’s riband bar; and copied research.