20th Century, Gloucestershire, Stroud, Stroud or Mid Gloucester Working Men’s Conservative Association Benefit Society, a uniface gilt and enamel badge, unsigned, clasped hands, god helps them who help themselves, 43mm; George V and Queen Mary, Silver Jubilee, 1935, a white metal medal, unsigned, conjoined busts left, rev. a gift to the school children from robert perkins m.p., etc, 38mm; George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Coronation, 1937, a light bronze medal, unsigned, conjoined busts left, rev. a gift to the school children from robt perkins m.p., etc, 32mm; Marling School, a bronze award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. blank, 50mm [4]. Second very fine but pierced, others extremely fine, first and third with means of suspension; first in original faded case of issue (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Gloucestershire Medals from the Collection of the Late Barry Greenaway.

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Provenance:
Last bt April 1992.

In 1875 George Holloway, who as senior partner in a large clothing manufactory was the chief employer of labour in the town, established his Mid Gloucester Working Men's Benefit Society, which had attracted 3,500 members by 1888. The society later became known as the Original Holloway Benefit Society, having become the parent of the Holloway societies established on the same principles in many other towns. Walter Robert Dempster Perkins, Conservative MP for Stroud, 1931-51. Marling School, founded 1887