Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore

City of Exeter Lady Sherriff’s Badge of Office, gold (9ct., 9.93g), with crossed silver swords, the reverse engraved ‘Olive Hill 1946-1947’, in W. Bruford & Son, Exeter, case of issue; City of Exeter Lady Mayoress’s Badge of Office, gold (9ct., 14.54g) and enamel, the obverse dated ‘1954-1955’, the reverse engraved ‘Olive W. Hill 1954-55’, in W. Bruford & Son, Exeter, case of issue, extremely fine (2) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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Olive Winifred Hill, the wife of Alderman C. W. H. Hill (Managing Director of Hill Palmer and Edwards, Bakers, Exeter), served as Lady Sherriff of Exeter in 1946-47; and Lady Mayoress in 1954-55. She died in Exeter on 13 July 1960, aged 58.

Sold with copied research.