Miniature Medals

Tientsin Volunteer Fire Brigade, Long Service Medal, silver Maltese Cross with fireman’s axes between the arms, the central gold medallion engraved with a steam fire engine, the reverse inscribed (Tientsin 1902 to 1907 Presented by the British Municipal Councils for Long Service to W. A. Forbes), hallmarked Birmingham 1909, fitted with four struck silver ribbon bars for 8, 11, 14, and 16 Years, and top suspension brooch, similarly struck in silver and inscribed ‘T-V-F-B 1902-1918‘, extremely fine and rare £80-120

See Colour Plate VI