Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Glasgow Plague Cross 1900, by T. Smith & Sons, Glasgow, obv. Glasgow coat-of-arms, rev. engraved, ‘Plague 1900, Nurse Lauder’, 24 x 24mm., 15ct. gold, hallmarks for Glasgow 1900, with gold brooch bar and ribbon, in case of issue, the lid bearing the Glasgow coat-of-arms, extremely fine and rare £300-400

After the 17th Century, the Plague was practically extinct in the United Kingdom, though during 1899-1900 a few cases did appear, brought from overseas to the London Docks area. One exception to this generalization was the outbreak in Glasgow in August 1900. Of the 48 cases of plague diagnosed in this outbreak, 16 proved fatal.