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

16 December 2003

Lot No 1134

Warwick Castle Fire Medal of Coventry Fire Brigade, 1 engraved clasp, Whitley Abbey, January 23rd 1874 (loose) (William Johnson), obverse: Warwick Castle; reverse: Coventry coat-of-arms, ‘In Commemoration of the Great Fire at Warwick Castle Dec. 3. 1871’, by Heaton, Birmingham, 38mm., silver, with buckle on...

16 December 2003

Lot No 1135

Westminster Fire Office Medallion, portculis with ‘Prince of Wales’s feathers above and...

16 December 2003

Lot No 1136

Borough of Wisbech Fire Brigade L.S. Medal, 1 clasp, 1935 (loose), obverse: coat-of-arms (Frm. S. Gaunt), 38mm., silver, with ribbon, good very fine £140-180

16 December 2003

Lot No 1137

West Riding County Fire Service Medal, reverse engraved, ‘A. E. Brook’, 31mm., bronze and enamel, nearly extremely fine £20-30

16 December 2003

Lot No 1138

National Fire Brigades Union L.S. Medal, reverse engraved, ‘Thomas E. Powell, 1914’, edge officially numbered, ‘1156’ and additionally engraved, ‘Goole Fire Brigade’, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1913, with ribbon, edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £30-40

16 December 2003

Lot No 1139

National Fire Brigades Union Medal 1893, ‘International Fire Tournament & Exhibition, London 1893, For Services’ (Lieutenant Croydon, Newcastle Staff), 45mm., silver, with buckle on ribbon, slight edge bruise, good very fine £70-90

16 December 2003

Lot No 1140

National Fire Brigades Union Medal 1904, ‘1st Prize, Junior Steamer Drill, Crystal Palace 1904’, reverse engraved, ‘Hanwell Fire Brigade, 2nd Officer A. T. Clark’, 41mm., silver, hallmarks indistinct, with ribbon, nearly extremely fine £70-90

16 December 2003

Lot No 1141

National Fire Brigades Association L.S. Medal, reverse engraved, ‘Wakefield Mental Hospital F.B.’ (Norman John Hughes), silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1933, with ribbon, nearly extremely fine £30-40

16 December 2003

Lot No 1142

Fire Brigades Association Medal, reverse engraved, ‘Ten Years Service, D. W. Young’, 32mm., bronze, with buckle on ribbon; National Fire Brigades Association Medal, Midland District, reverse engraved, ‘ H. Lee’, bronze, nearly extremely fine (2) £50-70

16 December 2003

Lot No 1143

Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Medal for Special Meritorious Service, at (the following engraved -) ‘Low Moor Bradford, August 1916’ (Superintendent R. J. Forbes, Bradford Fire Brigade), 38mm., silver, with ribbon, extremely fine £60-80

16 December 2003

Lot No 1144

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...

16 December 2003

Lot No 1145

British Fire Services Association L.S. & Efficiency Medal, with suspension bar, ‘B.F.S.A. Twenty Years’ (J. P. Kane), silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1963, with ribbon; British Fire Services Association Medal, reverse engraved, ‘Frm. T. Delayn’, 39mm., silver, with base silver brooch bar bearing the...

16 December 2003

Lot No 1146

Fire Brigade Medal, obverse: a horse-drawn fire-engine in a cartouche with helmet above, reverse engraved, ‘Fireman H. R. Dews, 1898’, 38mm., silvered bronze, with ribbon, good very fine £20-30

16 December 2003

Lot No 1147

Robinsons’ Fire Medal 1903, obverse: horse-drawn fire-engine at full gallop, by J. Fray, Birmingham; reverse inscription in raised letters, ‘For help on the night of April 1st 1903 at E. S. & A. Robinsons’ Fire’ (Edwin Hodges), 45mm., bronze, good very fine £50-70

16 December 2003

Lot No 1148

Fire Brigade Medal, by Vaughton, Birmingham, obverse: a steam-powered fire-engine; reverse engraved, ‘Presented to Chief Engineer W. J. Clarke, Jany. 1936’, 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1935, very fine £30-40

16 December 2003

Lot No 1149

International Fire Exhibition Medallion 1903, reverse engraved, ‘The British Fire Prevention Committee’, 45mm., silver-gilt; in case of issue; Fire Brigade Prize Medallion, by Vaughton, Birmingham, obverse: fireman carrying woman and child from a blazing building; reverse engraved, ‘1909 Leyton, 1st Prize 1...