Auction Catalogue

29 March 2000

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 291

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29 March 2000

Estimate: £100–£150

Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, 28mm by 24mm, in 9 carat gold and enamels, obverse centre with dove of peace, below which is a laurel, inscribed ‘W.M.C. Heckmondwike welcome home’, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to H. C. Brooke for meritorious service to your country, Great War 1914-19’, with ornate scroll and loop suspension, some enamel damage to wreath, otherwise nearly good very fine £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Great War Welcome Home Medals.

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See colour illustration (Plate V).

W.M.C. = Working Man’s Club.