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25 & 26 March 2013
City of Dundee Corporation Bravery Medal (William Phinn), silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1937, with ‘Gallantry’ brooch bar, nearly extremely fine, rare £500-600
£500–£600
Four: Commissioned Boatman Albert Oaten, HM. Coastguard - awarded the Folkestone, Hythe and Sandgate Medal for the rescue of the Benvenue, 11 November 1891 - an ‘Albert Medal’ rescue Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (A. Oaten, A.B., H.M.S. Agincourt); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R. (Albert Oaten, Comd. Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed; Folkestone Hythe and Sandgate Medal, by Heminig & Co., London, obverse: bust of Queen Victoria;...
Hammer Price: £920
Five: Private Lawrence Howard, Royal Army Medical Corps 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 2nd type, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘Pte. Lawrence Howard’, this complete with brooch bar, good very fine (5) £100-140
Hammer Price: £150
Sheffield Society Medal for Recognising Bravery, bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘Awarded to William Henry Holmes for heroic conduct 23rd May 1919’, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £280
A fine group of four medals awarded to Allan Edward Childs, an Employee of the Southend-on-Sea Corporation, formerly a Serjeant in the Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (258488 A. Sjt., R.E.); Southend-on-Sea Pier & Foreshore Department Life Saving Medal, silver, reverse inscribed (name and date engraved), ‘Awarded to Alan Edward Childs, 21st April 1939 for Saving Life’; Southend-on-Sea Mitchell Cup Medal for an Outstanding Act of Personal Courage, silver-gilt, reverse...
Hammer Price: £600
Surrey Commercial Dock Company Medal for Saving Life, silver, unnamed, very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £95
Shipping Federation Medal for Meritorious Service, silver, unnamed, in fitted Elkington, case of issue, extremely fine £80-120
£80–£120
New Brunswick Medal 1883, obverse: a wreath of barley within which is inscribed, ‘Presented by G. A. Wallis, Esq. C.E., First [Mayor of Eastbourne on] behalf of the Subscribers’; reverse inscribed, ‘In Recognition of the gallant rescue of the crew [of the] Norwegian barque “New [Bruns]wick” [off Beachy Head Nov. 25th 1883] by the Eastbourne Life Boat’ (John Costick) 38mm., silver, ring suspension, name and all engraved details badly worn £80-120
Hammer Price: £290
A ‘Golden Penny’ Medal for Bravery awarded to Thomas Bellamy ‘Golden Penny’ Medal for Bravery, 36mm., silver (Thomas Bellamy, 1903) unmounted, some edge bruising, very fine £400-500
£400–£500
A rare Navy League Gallantry Cross awarded to Michael Robert Thompson Navy League Gallantry Cross, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘Cadet O/S Michael Robert Thompson, 10th May 1959’, in fitted Spink, London case of issue, extremely fine £700-800
£700–£800
Salvation Army Life-Saving Scouts’ Bravery Medal, bronze, obverse inscribed, ‘Henry J. Hall’, no ribbon, with brooch bar, good very fine £350-450
Hammer Price: £400
Three: Inspector Alfred John Sanders, City of London Police Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, City of London Police (PC. 653 A. Sanders); Coronation 1902, City of London Police (Insp. A. Sanders.); Balloon Society of Great Britain Medal, obverse: a hot air balloon, reverse: inscribed, ‘Alfred John Sanders, Actg. Sergt. City Police, For Bravery at Fires in the Parish of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, March 1893’, 32mm., bronze, with brooch bar, in case by E. Tyler, London, edge bruising, good...
Hammer Price: £680
Royal Life Saving Society Award of Merit, 3rd issue (c.1931-37) silver, reverse inscribed, ‘L. Smith, 1932’; The Bell Medal (G.N.R.C. 1930 won by W. E. Gawen) bronze, unmounted; International Safety First Association, 5 Years Drivers Award, reverse inscribed, ‘W. Freeman’, silver and enamel, with brooch bar inscribed, ‘1939’; Wreck of the Steamer ‘San Francisco’ Medal, 39mm., bronze, unnamed, unmounted, generally extremely fine (4) £20-40
Hammer Price: £35
Presentation Silver Pocket Watch, reverse plate exterior inscribed, ‘Presented to Mr Mews by the crew of the S.S. City of Aberdeen for Bravery in Saving at the peril of his own life one of the above crew while bathing, London 22.7.02’, some of the inscription is faint through wear, plate interior stamped ‘X 2275180’ ‘0.935’, ‘13’, and with some jeweller’s marks, appears to be in working order, hairline crack to watch face, good condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £100
Carnegie Hero Fund Presentation Pocket Watch, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1922, with inner cover engraved, ‘Presented by the Trustees of the Carnegie Hero Fund to George Boorman, London, for Heroism in Saving Life, 15th August 1923’, reverse outer case ornately engraved with ‘CHFT’ (Carnegie Hero Fund Trust) cypher, condition of movement unknown, good condition £450-550
£450–£550
The Quiver, an illustrated magazine for Sunday and General Reading, bound copies for 1891, 1892 and 1899, half calf, , ‘1892’ and ‘1899’ with damaged covers and spines, internally good (3) £20-30
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