Auction Catalogue

16 December 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1017

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£220

Edinburgh Central Mining Rescue Station Proficiency Medal (James Brown, Newcraighall Colliery Brigade), oval, 29 x 21mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1946, in Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh case of issue, extremely fine; Edinburgh Mine Rescue Station Medal, obverse: rescuer in breathing apparatus carrying an injured miner, engraved, ‘Edinburgh Mine Rescue Station’; reverse inscribed, ‘Nisbet Campbell, Arniston No. 1 Team, 27.10.28’, edge inscribed, ‘Presented by Messrs. Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd London’, 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1928, good very fine (2) £50-70