Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Driver J. Swanston, Royal Artillery

British War Medal 1914-20 (220150 Dvr., R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (220150 Dvr., R.F.A.) unit re-impressed; Edinburgh Mine Rescue Station Medal, 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1929, reverse inscribed, ‘1929 Awarded to John Swanstone, Arniston No. 1 Team 13.7.29’, edge inscribed, ‘Presented by Siebe, Gorman & Co. Ld. London’ - all inscriptions engraved, note variation in name, slight edge bruising, very fine and better (3) £100-140

John Swanston was a part-time rescue worker attached to the Heriot Watt Rescue Station covering the Lothian Coal Mining area. The Mine Rescue Station Competition Medal was sponsored by Siebe, Gorman & Co. Ltd. - the company was responsible for the Siebe Gorman breathing apparatus used by the rescue workers. With copied m.i.c.