Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

U.A.R. & S. Preston Colliery Services Rendered Tribute Medal 1914-18, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to F. Weatherley by the owners & workmen for services rendered in the Great War 1914-1918’, 9ct. gold, 10.68g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, good very fine £90-120

Preston Colliery, North Shields, was in operation from the 1860’s until its closure in 1929. Its owners from 1910 to 1929 were U. A. Ritson & Sons Ltd.