‘North Mail & Chronicle’ Life Saving Medal, obverse: coastguards with rocket apparatus, lighthouse in the background (G. E. Hayes), 27mm., silver, good very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Life Saving, Police and Fire Brigade Medals from the James N Spencer Collection.

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Ex Glendining’s 8 December 1993, lot 139.

The North Mail and Chronicle was a daily newspaper which circulated in the Northumberland area. It is believed that medals were awarded for annual competitions amongst the Volunteer Life Brigades and Coastguard Auxiliary Life Saving Companies along the N.E. coast of England, based on the speed and efficiency of operating the rocket apparatus.