Medals from the Collection of the Late Eric Smith (Part II)

Four: Dorothy St.A. Hargood Ash, Red Cross Society

British Red Cross Society Proficiency Cross (2), for Red Cross First Aid (5830 Dorothy S. A. Hargood Ash) gilt metal and enamel; another, for Red Cross Nursing (6188 Dorothy St. A. Hargood Ash); South African Red Cross Society Proficiency Medal, unnamed, silver and enamel; Overseas Nursing Association Medal, bronze, unnamed

Three: Catherine Simpson Ritchie, British Red Cross Society

British Red Cross Society Proficiency Cross (2), for Red Cross First Aid (32488 C. Ritchie) gilt metal and enamel, in card box of issue; another, for Anti-Gas Training (5614 C. Ritchie); St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association Medal, bronze, unnamed; together with a R.A.M.C. Brooch, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine (lot) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith.

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Catherine Simpson Ritchie was born in the Parish of Midlothian on 29 July 1911. She enrolled into the Scottish Branch of the British Red Cross Society on 14 February 1939 and enlisted into the Army on 12 May 1940.

The medals to Ritchie with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; medal forwarding slip - marked for the award of the Defence and War Medals; B.R.C.S. Scottish Branch Enrolment Certificate and Uniform Permit; B.R.C.S. Proficiency Voucher for the Red Cross First Aid Proficiency Cross, 1940; National Insurance Card; Ration Book; Clothing Coupon Book (3); Military Officer Railway Ticket (2) ‘Eskbank to Muir of Ord’, 1943; a postcard addressed to Miss Ritchie, 1931 and a postcard photograph of nurses and ambulance workers.