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№ 636

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5 December 2024

Hammer Price:
£420

Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Great War Tribute Medal, 23mm, gold (9ct., 6.67g) and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, the obverse bearing the allegorical figure of the Greek goddess of health, Hygieia, surrounded by the words ‘Honour, Truth, Justice and Liberty on red white and blue enamelled circlet, the plain reverse engraved ‘Presented to Major F. P. Nunneley by Llandrindod Wells for service in the Great War 1914 - 1919’, with ring suspension, the reverse with minor scuffing otherwise nearly extremely fine, rare £200-£240

Frederick Pitcairn Nunneley, a surgeon in civilian life from ‘Derrymore’, Llandrindod Wells, served in the Great War firstly in the British Red Cross Society & Order of St John (Boulogne Unit No. 6) before being commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps. For his services as Medical Officer, Lady Dudley’s Red Cross Hospital for Convalescent Officers, Brighton, he was appointed an Officer of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire (London Gazette of 30 March 1920).