Auction Catalogue

2 March 2005

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 577

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2 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£150

National Fire Brigades Union L.S. Medal (4), 1 slip-on clasp, Five Years, with ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar, edge stamped, ‘248’, silver, in case of issue; another, 1 slip-on clasp, Five Years, with ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar, edge stamped, ‘25’, silver; another, no clasp, rev. inscribed, ‘Capt. G. F. Elliott, Farnham V.F.B., 25.10.07’, edge stamped, ‘141’, silver; another, 1 slip-on clasp, Five Years, with ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar, rev. inscribed, ‘H.H.V.F.B. Fireman R. W. Rolfe, Jan. 30th 1909’, edge stamped, ‘2495’, bronze, in case, generally nearly extremely fine (4) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Fire Brigade Medals.

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Silver medal ‘248’ was awarded to Fireman John Richard Blackburn of the Sandwich, Isle of Wight Fire Brigade, on 15 May 1908.

Silver medal ‘25’ was awarded to Fireman Edgar Firth, Whetly Mills Fire Brigade on 5 July 1907.

‘Elliott’ medal sold with photocopied photographs and some details of the Farnham Fire Brigade.