Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Air Mechanic 1st Class E. B. Higgs, Royal Flying Corps, latterly Second Officer with the Sutton Coldfield Fire Brigade

British War and Victory Medals (47588 1 A.M. E. B. Higgs. R.F.C.); Defence Medal; Sutton Coldfield Fire Brigade Efficiency Medal, 3 clasps, 1931, 1932, 1938 (Second Officer E. B. Higgs) silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1931; National Fire Brigades Association L.S. Medal (2), 2 clasps, Twenty Years, Five Years (5288 Edward B. Higgs) silver; another, 1 slip-on bar, Five Years (8186 Edward B. Higgs) bronze, first two with edge bruising, good very fine and better (6) £180-220

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

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With named National Fire Brigades’ Association Long Service Medal card to accompany the medal issued on 27 June 1925 - Higgs being with the Sutton Coldfield Fire Brigade at the time. Also with a copied group photograph of the Sutton Coldfield Fire Brigade in 1932 - identifications not given. With copied roll extracts.