Four: Corporal A. H. Lovett, 1st Volunteer Battalion Essex Regiment and Ilford Fire Brigade

Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (1502 Cpl. A. H. Lovett, 1/V.B. Essex Regt.) impressed naming; National Fire Brigades Union L.S. Medal, with engraved ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar (1231) reverse inscribed, ‘Ilford Fire Brigade Arthur H. Lovett, February 1901’, bronze; Fire Brigade Prize Medal, obverse, within a struck wreath is a finely engraved depiction of a wheeled ladder set up against a building, reverse inscribed, ‘Sec. Officer A. H. Lovett No. 1 Ilford Team winners of All England Fire Escape Challenge Shield 1m.14 sec.’, with silver brooch bar inscribed, ‘Blenheim Park 1898’ and silver slip bar inscribed, ‘Perry Hall Park 1899’; Fire Brigade Prize Medal, obverse inscribed, ‘Alexandra Palace Aug. 28 1899’, reverse inscribed, ‘2nd Officer A. H. Lovett No. 1 Time 51 sec.’, with silver brooch bar inscribed, ‘1st in Escape Drill’, good very fine (4) £150-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Fire Brigade Medals.

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