Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Superintendent J. Coutts, Dickinson Fire Brigade, Croxley Mills

Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (James Coutts); National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, bronze (Supt. Coutts Dickinson’s Brig. Croxley Mills 1906.) edge numbered ‘2453’, with ‘Five Years’ riband bar and top ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar; National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, silver (Supt. J. Coutts Dickinson’ F.B. Croxley Mills 1916.) edge numbered ‘1406’, with top ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar; together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, silver, the reverse engraved ‘No.74017 James Coutts’, good very fine (4) £70-£90

J. Coutts was a senior employee at John Dickinson's Croxley Green Mill, being employed there as the Mill Cashier. The Croxley Green History Project provides more information.