A Medal of the Order of the British Empire awarded to Harry Hepworth, for courage during a fire at an explosives factory

Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Harry Hepworth, April 24th 1918) privately engraved naming, fitted with ornate replacement suspension, on ‘military’ ribbon, nearly very fine £120-160

O.B.E. Medal London Gazette 8 January 1918. ‘For great courage shown at an outbreak of fire in an explosion (sic) factory.’ With a postcard photograph of the recipient