Auction Catalogue

16 April 2020

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 776

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16 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£100

Pair: Fireman R. E. Ayling
British Fire Services Association Long Service Medal, bronze, the edge numbered ‘4856’, the reverse of the suspension bar engraved ‘R. E. Ayling’; British Fire Services Association Twenty Years Long Service Medal, silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1963), the edge numbered ‘2209’, the reverse of the suspension bar engraved ‘R. E. Ayling’, both mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine

British Fire Services Association Long Service Medal, bronze, the edge numbered ‘3279’, the reverse of the suspension bar engraved ‘C. Kups’, mounted as worn, with top ‘B.F.S.A.’ riband bar, nearly extremely fine (3) £60-£80

Czestaw Kups was born in Poland on 9 October 1913, and married a British girl, Miss Houghton, in June 1944 at Bourne, Lincolnshire. He was issued a Naturalisation Certificate on 23 September 1947, confirming he was from Poland and resident in Woodston, Northamptonshire. Most likely he served with the Polish forces in the U.K. during the Second World War, and stayed on in the U.K. post-War. He died in Peterborough in December 1976.