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Binney Memorial Medal, 48mm., bronze medallion, (Elsie May Moss 1957) unmounted, in John Pinches, London case of issue, extremely fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £1,300
Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 1st type, silver (Alexander Leggat) complete with ‘Gallantry’ brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £230
Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 2nd type, silver (Mr John W. McI. Stewart, 1952) with brooch bar, good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £240
Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 3rd type, 9ct. gold (Joseph Hayes, 1974) hallmarks for Edinburgh 1971, complete with gold brooch bar, extremely fine £160-200
Hammer Price: £320
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade Bravery Medal group of five awarded to Company Quartermaster Serjeant Frederick C. Tiplady, 15th Battalion London Regiment, late Army Cyclist Corps and Fireman, Metropolitan Fire Brigade 1914-15 Star (271 Sjt., A. Cyc. Corps); Victory Medal 1914-19 (271 C. Sjt., A. Cyc. Corps); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (376 C.Q.M. Sjt., 15/Lond. R.); Metropolitan Fire Brigade Bravery Medal, silver (Frederick C. Tiplady) edge bruising; ‘O.O.C.C. Medal’,...
Hammer Price: £520
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade Bravery Medal group of five awarded to Fireman Samuel Maystone, Metropolitan Fire Brigade Jubilee 1897, L.C.C.M.F.B. (Samuel Maystone); Coronation 1902, L.C.C.M.F.B. (Samuel Maystone); Coronation 1911, London Fire Brigade (Fireman S. Maystone); Metropolitan Fire Brigade Bravery Medal, silver (Samuel Maystone); Metropolitan Fire Brigade Good Service Medal, bronze (S. Maystone) last with slack suspension, mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £700-800
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade Bravery Medal group of five awarded to Fireman Frederick Bishop, Metropolitan Fire Brigade Jubilee 1897, L.C.C.M.F.B. (Frederick Bishop); Coronation 1902, L.C.C.M.F.B. (Frederick Bishop) edge bruise; Coronation 1911, London Fire Brigade (Fireman F. Bishop); Metropolitan Fire Brigade Bravery Medal, silver (Frederick Bishop); London Fire Brigade Good Service Medal, bronze (Frederick Bishop) mounted as worn, last fine; others good very fine (5) £650-750
Hammer Price: £800
A Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire Medal and Ally Sloper’s Medal of Valour pair awarded to David Buchanan Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 3rd type, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to David Buchanan for saving life at Edgware Rd., London on the 30th May 1888’, swivel straight bar suspension, with silver buckle on ribbon, in Wyon, London case of issue; ‘Ally Slopers’ Medal of Valour, 36mm., silver, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to...
Hammer Price: £1,400
An Answers Medal for Heroism awarded to Daniel Ryder ‘Answers’ Medal for Heroism, silver (Daniel Ryder, 10th June 1892) very fine £350-450
Hammer Price: £650
A Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism awarded to Samuel Jones, a Miner from Westleigh ‘Daily Herald’ Order of Industrial Heroism, bronze (To Mr Samuel Jones, May 17th 1925) good very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £880
A British Empire Medal and Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism pair awarded to John William Ainsley, Ravensworth “Ann” and “Betty” Colliery, Co. Durham British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (John William Ainsley); ‘Daily Herald’ Order of Industrial Heroism, bronze (To J. W. Ainsley, 14th Sept. 1946) in case of issue, extremely fine (2) £1200-1600
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Golden Penny Medal for Bravery awarded to Thomas Bellamy ‘Golden Penny’ Medal for Bravery, 36mm., silver (Thomas Bellamy, 1903) unmounted, some edge bruising, very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £580
A Quiver Medal for Heroic Conduct in Saving Life awarded to Captain James Hood, Merchant Navy ‘Quiver’ Medal for Heroic Conduct in Saving Life, silver (Captain J. Hood, 1898) mounted as worn from its distinctive ribbon, in West & McCullock, London case of issue, minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £700-800
Hammer Price: £750
A rare London, Midland and Scottish Railway Medal for Courage pair awarded to Special Constable Herbert George Thomas for service in the ‘Sheffield Blitz’ Defence, with Commendation laurel leaves, unnamed as issued; London, Midland and Scottish Railway Medal for Courage, silver (Special Constable Herbert George Thomas, Sheffield (Wicker) 12th December 1940) reverse exergue inscribed, ‘1940’, minor edge bruising, good very fine (2) £1000-1400
Hammer Price: £1,000
Family group: A Surrey Commercial Dock Company Medal for Saving Life awarded to E. A. Franklin Surrey Commercial Dock Company Medal for Saving Life, silver (Elijah A. Franklin, March 25th 1909) Four: Stoker Petty Officer E. T. Franklin, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (291194 S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (291194 S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (291194 Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Vanguard) generally extremely fine (5) £500-600
£500–£600
A rare Hamstead Colliery Medal awarded to W. D. Rose, a Miner at the Colliery, for conspicuous bravery in attempting to rescue the entombed miners Hamstead Colliery Medal 1908, 15 ct. gold (W. D. Rose) hallmarks for Birmingham 1907, complete with gold brooch bar, in case of issue, extremely fine £900-1000
Serpentine Swimming Club Leander Medal, 45mm., silver, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to H. Davy by Professor Beckwith for Proficiency in Swimming, Oct. 15 1872’, unmounted, in case of issue, good very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £65
Montrose Life Saving Medal 1881, 38mm., bronze, obverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘For Valour in Saving Life from Shipwreck on 5th & 6th March 1881 Montrose’; reverse, within a laurel wreath, engraved, ‘Robt. Stewart’, pierced with ring suspension, about very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £150
Clifton College Medal for Life Saving, by Pinches, London, obverse, nude athlete about to throw a discus, reverse, armorial shield and motto of the college (J. J. Shearsby, For Saving Life, July 1897), 44mm., silver, with straight bar suspension, mounted as worn, in case, on the inside of the lid, in gilt lettering on leather is inscribed, ‘Presented to J. J. Shearsby by the Rev. J. M. Wilson on behalf of the boys of Clifton College in recognition of saving life during the past 14(?)...
Hammer Price: £270
Life Saving Medal, obverse, a life saving scene, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to J. Knight, late of 6th Dragoon Guards for his great bravery in saving 5 lives’, 5 clasps, T. Kirkland, J. Hollowood, B. Broughton, J. Allen, Tpt. Shepheard, 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1909, swivel ring suspension, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £210
Life Saving Society Proficiency Medal (2), 1st issue (1892-1904), bronze (A. D. Edwards; E. D. Griffiths) second in case of issue; Bristol Humane Society Medal for Long Distance Swimming, 45mm., white metal, ‘Hy. Bryers swam 1/4 Mile, 1912’, unmounted; R.N.L.I. Ladies Life Boat Guild Medal, silver-gilt and enamel, with ‘Hon. Secretary’ brooch bar; L.D.C.L.B. Medal for Bravery, 26mm., bronze, unnamed; Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society Token 1857, obverse bust of Lord Nelson left,...
Hammer Price: £110
Diary - the Journal of Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Anley, Royal Artillery, in the Crimea, September 1855 - February 1856, leather cover, part of cover cut away, some wear and tear elsewhere, fairly good condition £150-200
France, Second Empire, Medal of Honour for Saving Life, Napoleon III, Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, 43mm., silver, by Barre, reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘A William Goodville ouvrier Anglais, services rendus a la Marine Impériale Française 1863’, cleaned, signs of fire damage, good very fine £140-180
France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour for Saving Life, Ministère de la Marine, 43mm., silver, by Barre, reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘A William Whales, Second du Vapeur Anglais Courier, Courage et Dévouement 1897’, cleaned, signs of fire damage, scratch to obverse, good very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £200
France, Third Republic, Leuville Life Saving Brigade Bravery Medal, 30mm., silver, reverse inscribed, ‘N. St. Clair Strange’, good very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £85
France, Carnegie Foundation Medal, rectangular plaque, 80 x 52mm., bronze, reverse named in raised letters, ‘E. J. Filliat, 1911’, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine £200-240
Hammer Price: £170
France, Carnegie Foundation Medal, rectangular plaque, 80 x 52mm., bronze, reverse named in raised letters, ‘Lebourg (E), 1935’, very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £140
Netherlands, Royal South Holland Society Medal for Saving Life from Shipwreck, by G. Loos, obverse: a sea rescue scene; reverse: wreath of oak, with circumscription, ‘Zuid-Hollandsche Maatschappy tot Redding van Schipbreukelingen te Rotterdam’, engraved within, ‘Iohn Walker’, 53mm., silver, unmounted, cleaned, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £100-140
A Norwegian Medal for Heroic Deeds group of three awarded to Captain Stephen J. Coleman, Merchant Navy British War and Mercantile Marine Medals (Stephen J. Coleman); Norway, Medal for Heroic Deeds, Oscar II, King of Norway and Sweden, 35mm., silver, reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘For Ædel Daad’ and engraved, ‘S. J. Colemen’, good very fine and better (3) £200-300
Hammer Price: £480
U.S.A. Presidential ‘Somers’ Medal 1846, by C. C. Wright, 57mm., silver (P. J. Gunn, Capt. F’Castle, H.M.S. Daring) with eyelet for ring suspension, slight edge bruising and contact marks, very fine, scarce £400-500
Hammer Price: £710
U.S.A., Philadelphia Medal for the Rescue of the “ Danmark’ 1889, obverse, an angel bearing a palm branch, a ship’s wheel and anchor at her feet, ‘From the Citizens of Philadelphia to the Officers & Crew of Atlantic Trans. Line S.S. Missouri’; reverse, ship’s boat, capstan and rope, with sprigs of laurel and oak above, ‘For Humanity and Heroism displayed in rescuing passengers and crew of Steamship Danmark in mid ocean, April 1889’, all struck, inscribed on the edge ‘James...
Hammer Price: £310
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