Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

St. John Ambulance Association Examination Cross (5), bronze, ‘276201 Fred Ayre’, with a chain of 33 re-examination ‘date labels’, bronze, for the years 1928-1960, those up to 1948 all engraved ‘276201’ on reverse, those from 1949 unnumbered, with ‘20 Years’, ‘25 Years’, ‘30 Years’, and ‘35 Years’ long service bars, silver-gilt, the last engraved ‘Frederick M. Ayre’ on reverse; another, bronze, ‘382499 Lilian Blair’, with 13 loose re-examination ‘date labels’, bronze, for the years 1935-1941, 1947-1949, 1952, and 1957-1958, those up to 1948 all engraved ‘382499’ on reverse, those from 1949 unnumbered; another, silver, ‘194977 William Soulsby’, with 1 re-examination ‘date labels’, silver, for the year 1920, engraved ‘194977’ on reverse; another, bronze, ‘100448 John Wilkinson’, with 1 re-examination ‘date labels’, bronze, for the year 1907, engraved ‘100448’ on reverse; another, bronze, ‘403024 Mary Parkinson’; together with a miniature St. John Ambulance Association Examination Cross, silver, ‘324050 Mary J. Royal’, generally nearly very fine

First Aid Badges (13), including Debenham First Aider; Marshall Sons & Co. Ltd. First Aider; Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead Ambulance Corps; and Stadco Ltd Shrewsbury First Aid, gilt and enamel, very fine £50-70