Orders, Decorations and Medals

A rare ‘Messina’ group of four to Sister M. W. Shingleton, Territorial Force Nursing Service
1914-15 Star (S/Nurse, T.F.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister); Italy, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, mounted as worn; together with T.F.N.S. Medal, all contained within a contemporary hinged display case, good very fine and better (4) £300-350

Whilst the cataloguer knows of no way of verifying a Messina Medal to a Nurse, it is quite clear from the display that this set of medals has been together for a considerable length of time.