A Small Collection of Great War Tribute Medals

Brancepeth Nos. 1 & 2 & Sunny Brow Miners Memorial Medal, obv. civic building, rev. inscribed, ‘Presented by his fellow workmen in honour of R. Laws who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1918’, 26mm., 13.35g., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, ring suspension, pitted, very fine £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Great War Tribute Medals.

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Ralph Laws was born in and enlisted at Willington, Co. Durham. Serving with the 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, he was killed in action in France on 17 April 1918, aged 31 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. He was the son of George Laws of 5 Park Villa, Low Willington, Co. Durham.