Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

West Yorkshire Coal Owners’ Association Mines Rescue Brigade Medal, gold (9ct, 15.43g, hallmarks for Birmingham 1921) and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Thomas Tolson in recognition of five years rescue service 1921’, good very fine £140-180

Thomas Tolson was employed as a Miner at the Whitwood Colliery, Wakefield, and also at the Don Pedro Pit.