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A Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire awarded to Mr. Andrew Brown
Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Civil) (Andrew Brown. 1918.), in John Pinches, London, case of issue, extremely fine £260-300
O.B.E. Medal London Gazette 8 January 1918:
‘For conspicuous courage in stopping a fire and giving the alarm, under circumstances of the gravest personal danger, after he had been injured by the explosion and rendered unconscious.’
Andrew Brown, from Poplar, was presented with his O.B.E. Medal by Lord Crewe, H.M. Lord Lieutenant of London County, in Green Park on 27 April 1918.
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