Special Collections

Sold on 16 December 2003

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Life Saving, Police and Fire Brigade Medals from the James N Spencer Collection

James N Spencer

Lot

№ 1144

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Motor Driver A. H. Padwick, Fire Brigade

Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers L.S. Medal, 1 clasp, 10 Years (loose) (Motor Driver A. H. Padwick, 1924), silver, hallmarks indistinct, in Fenwick, Birmingham case of issue; Fire Brigade Medal, 1 clasp, 25 Years (loose), by ‘W.J.D.’, struck obverse: inscribed, ‘Service at Duty’s Call’, with helmet and crossed axes and an early motorised fire-engine, reverse engraved, ‘Fireman A. H. Padwick, July 1908’, 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1928, with ribbon, extremely fine (2) £70-90

See Colour Plate II.

See lot 1097 for a medal with a similar, and lot 1124 for the same obverse.