Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A mounted display of British Red Cross Society medals and badges, comprising British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18 (2), one with Mentioned in Despatches emblem affixed; white embroidered Red Cross uniform badges (2); V.A.D. Detachment embroidered uniform badge; Red Cross and Order of St John, small white metal ‘Penny a Week Fund’ lapel badge (2); Red Cross County of Surrey pin badge, engraved to reverse ‘18862 V. M. Morris’; British Red Cross Society hat or cap badge with enamelled centre (2), one modern bright gilt finish, lacking pin fitting, the other older aged brass lacking one blade fixing; cap ribbon cockade with affixed pin back brass and enamel cap badge; silvered and enamel Junior Red Cross Proficiency badge engraved to reverse ‘O587 Hygiene 8.8.52.’; 4 black bakelite / plastic buttons, two large and two small; 1942 Red Cross qualification clasp, gilt and enamel; brass shoulder title; small 1914-15 lapel stick pin badge, hallmarked silver and enamel; Boy’s Life Brigade Semi Jubilee Fund 1925, gilt and enamel lapel badge with red cross to centre; Junior Red Cross ‘Serve One Another’ lapel pin badge; Boys Brigade First Aid Proficiency badge with red cross to centre; British Red Cross Society gilt and enamelled pin back lapel badge; Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing Medal, engraved to reverse ‘35904 R. S. Bowerman’, generally very fine (lot) £60-£80

The British Red Cross Society Medals for War Service 1914-18, have hand-written attributions to ‘D. J. Newell, Mentioned in Despatches’, and ‘Y. M. V. Russell’.