Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Miss Agnes Wedgewood, British Red Cross Society
British Red Cross Society War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, unnamed, with brooch bar; B.R.C.S. Proficiency Cross, for Red Cross Nursing (20482 A. Wedgewood) enamelled; B.R.C.S. 10 Years L.S. Badge (441 A. Wedgewood), enamelled

Eight: Miss M. Bradshaw, British Red Cross Society
British Red Cross Society War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, unnamed, with brooch bar; B.R.C.S. Proficiency Cross, for Red Cross Nursing (03153 M. Bradshaw) enamelled; B.R.C.S. Proficiency Medal, for Red Cross Work, unnamed, enamelled; B.R.C.S. 10 Years Service Badge (1439 M. Bradshaw) enamelled; B.R.C.S. Service Badge, enamelled; Junior Red Cross Badge (2) enamelled; B.R.C.S. County of Shropshire cap badge, enamelled

Six: attributed to Mrs Kate Butterworth
British Red Cross Society War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, unnamed, with brooch bar; B.R.C.S. ‘Red Cross’ lapel badge, enamelled, pin-backed; Women’s National Unionist Association Medal, enamelled, with enamelled brooch bar, ribbon with enamelled ‘Chairman’ brooch; W.N.U.A. Lapel Badge, enamelled, pin-backed; National Union of Conservative & Unionist Women’s Associations Lapel Badge, enamelled, pin-backed; British Legion, Womens Section Badge, enamelled, pin-backed, generally good very fine (17) £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell.

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Medals to Wedgewood with a letter to her from Violet Beaumont, of Slindon House, near Arundel, dated 4 August 1922. The letter which accompanied the B.R.C.S. War Medal thanked Agnes for the work she had done during the war.

Violet, Lady Beaumont, lent Slindon House fully equipped, as an Auxiliary Hospital, for 20 officers, in operation between September 1917 and June 1919.