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A group of medals and badges awarded to Fireman W. J. M. Newson, London Private Fire Brigades Association
London Private Fire Brigades Association L.S. & G.C. Medal, bronze, unnamed; National Fire Brigades Association L.S. Medal, with ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar and with loose ‘Five Years’ slip bar (2559 William J. M. Newson); Fire Brigade Prize Medal (2), bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘W. Newson, Leicester Bowl 1907’; another, reverse inscribed, ‘W. Newson, Hitchcock Shield 1908’; Leyton Fire Brigade Competition Medal, silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1910, unnamed; Prize Medal, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1911, unnamed; Ryder & Son Presentation Medal, 32mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1911, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by Ryder & Son, Seed Merchants, St. Albans’, unnamed; Prize Medal (2), silver and gold, reverse inscribed, ‘W.C.& E.H.A.R.C. Winners, 1910-11 Swan & Pike J. M. Newson’; another, reverse inscribed, ‘W.C. & E.H.A.R.A. Winners, Swan & Pike, 1911-12, M. Newson’; ornate silver brooch bars (8), all hallmarked, inscribed, ‘W, Newson, 1st Prize, Crystal Palace, 5 Men Drill, 1905’; another, ‘W. Newson, 1st Prize, Crystal Palace, 5 Men Drill, 1906’; another, ‘W. Newson, 1st Prize Leicester, 5 Men Drill, 1907’; another, ‘W. Newson, 1st Prize, Crystal Palace, 5 Men Drill, 1907’; another, ‘W. Newson, 1st Prize, Crystal Palace, 3 Men Drill, 1908’; another, ‘W. Newson, 1st Prize, Crystal Palace, hand Pump Drill, 1908’ another, ‘M. Newson, 1st Prize, Bunhill Row, 3 Men Drill, 1909’; another, ‘M. Newson, 1st Prize, Leyton, 5 Men Steamer Drill, 1909’, cloth badges (5) ‘Nestlé Cup 1905’; another, ‘1907’; another, ‘1908’; L.P.F.B.A. Brigade Championship 1908; another L.P.F.B.A. Hand Pump Drill 1908; Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Jewels (2) silver, gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Bro. Wm. Newson, Tom Smith Lodge, Sep. 3 1920’; another, silver and enamel, with silver-gilt bars inscribed, ‘W. M. Newson, Charles Priestley Lodge’ ‘ Jany. 117 1921’, note variation in initials, some fragmentary riband, good very fine and better (24) £200-£300
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