Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Monmouthshire Coal Owners Association Rescue Medal, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘R. W. Tallis, 9th. October 1911’, in case of issue; together with the recipient’s Ebbw Vale Literary and Scientific Institute Richardson Medal, silver (Richard W. Tallis, Highest Aggegate, Session 1903-1904.) in fitted case of issue; and five small Penarth Cup silver prize medals, generally very fine (7) £100-£140

Richard Watkin Tallis was born in Ystraddyfodwg on 26 March 1885, a scion of the famous Welsh mining family; his father, John Fox Tallis, was the General Colliers Manager of the Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., and a village near Ebbw Vale, Tallistown, is named after the family, as are the several ‘Tallis Streets’ found throughout the Welsh valleys. The recipient served as Under-Manage of the Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., and died on 19 February 1972.

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