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29 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£150

Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 3rd type, 9ct. gold (Andrew Reid, 1966), hallmarks for Edinburgh 1965, complete with gold brooch bar, extremely fine £160-200




The 3rd type medal, 30mm. in diameter, was manufactured by T. S. Cuthbert of Glasgow, and issued in gold between the years 1965-1975.

Andrew Reid, 11 Couper Place. Awarded on 20 September 1966. [with George Eric Gunnell and William Brown] ‘... for bravery in rescuing persons from a fire in a Glasgow tenement on 3rd April 1966’.