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Barnburgh (Yorkshire) Welcome Home Medal, obverse: sailor and soldier shaking hands, with angel above, reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Barnburgh’s Memento to Thomas Jackson for services with His Majesty’s Forces 1914-1919’, 32mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, nearly extremely fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £140
Eight: Miss G. Howell, British Red Cross Society and Bermondsey V.A.D. B.R.C.S. War Service Medal 1914-18, unnamed as issued, with brooch bar; B.R.C.S. ‘For Service’ Badge (2), (L 13355); another (L 14422), both enamelled, pin-backed; B.R.C.S. 10 Years Service Badge (6077 G. Howell); B.R.C.S. Badge for London, Bermondsey (2484 Gertrude Howell), enamelled, pin-backed; B.R.C.S. County of London Badge, enamelled, prong-backed; Bermondsey V.A.D. War Service Medal, 1 engraved clasp, 1914...
Hammer Price: £130
Boldon Colliery Services Rendered Medal, obverse: building, ‘Boldon Colliery Workmens War Memorial’; reverse engraved, ‘ Presented to C. Swift as a token of gratitude for services rendered in the Great War 1914-1919’, 27mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £220
Three: Gunner H. B. Nash, Royal Artillery, from Brighouse, Yorkshire British War and Victory Medals (155081 Gnr., R.A.); Brighouse, Welcome Home Medal 1914-18, reverse engraved, ‘Gnr. H. B. Nash, 155081, R.G.A.’, complete with embroidered ribbon and ‘Victory’ brooch bar, good very fine (3) £50-70
Hammer Price: £110
Bushbury (Staffordshire) Peace Medal 1919, a superb die struck medallion, the obverse with central coinage head of George V, inscribed around the circumference with the names of the various British allies and ‘To commemorate the victorious peace 1919’, the reverse inscribed ‘In proud & affectionate rememberance, he gave his life for his country, presented by the people of Bushbury’, central shield engraved ‘Sapper G. H. Swain, R.E., killed 9th April 1918, aged 25’, 76mm., silver,...
Hammer Price: £340
Cefn Pennar (Glamorganshire) Welcome Home Medal 1919, obverse with crossed swords, winged angel and two olive branches, enamelled inscription ‘Cefn Pennar Welcome Home 1919’, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to G. E. Ginks, Senr.’, 36 x 24mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, with integral loop suspension, minor enamel damage, otherwise good very fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £50
Chepstow (Monmouthshire) Welcome Home Medal 1914-18, obverse with arms of Chepstow and inscribed ‘Welcome Home to Chepstow’, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to T. Smith in commemoration of service rendered to his country in the Great War 1914-1919’, 32 x 26mm, 9ct. gold and enamels, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, with integral loop suspension, nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £150
Cheadle & Churnet Valley District Distinguished Service Medal 1914-18, obverse: figures in classical dress; reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Presented to R. Byatt for distinguished service in the Great War 1914-1918, 33 x 28mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £55
Crickhowell Services Rendered Medal 1914-19, obverse: coat-of-arms, inscribed, ‘Capt. P.A. Hill’; reverse: Britannia, with shield, holding forth a wreath, 29mm., silver, good very fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £85
Deaf Hill Lodge Welcome Home Medal, reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Presented to T. Lee in appreciation of services rendered in the Great War’, 28mm., 9ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, minor enamel damage, very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £95
East Kilbride Peace and Victory Medal, obverse: angel with shield and olive branch, reverse inscription in raised letter (name engraved), ‘East Kilbride War Memorial presented to D. J. MacQuistan on his return from the war 1914-1918’, 26mm., silver, hallmarks for 1920, nearly extremely fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £80
Fairlie Services Rendered Medal, obverse: a soldier greeted by Britannia; reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘“Fairlie” for services in the Great War 1914-1918, John Boyd’, 25mm., 9ct. gold, very fine £70-90
Eston and Normanby (N. Yorkshire) Services Rendered Medal, obverse: crossed swords and winged angel bearing two olive branches, enamelled inscription, ‘Safety Honour and Glory of the British Empire’; reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘ Presented to Sgnlr A. T. Mason by the Eston and Normanby welcome home & memorial fund, in appreciation of services rendered in the Great War’, 36 x 25mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918, complete with brooch bar...
Hammer Price: £90
Glasbury (Powys) Parish Welcome Home Medal, obverse: soldier greeted by Britannia; reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to Capt. E. O. Crosfield for duty in the Great War 1914 to 1918 from Glasbury Parish’, 38mm., silver medallion, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, good very fine £20-30
T.W.S. School, Halton, Welcome Home Medal, obverse: soldier with rifle at the ready, ‘But we will be free’; reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘T.W.S. School Halton presented to H. Ashley, 1914-1918’, 22mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, extremely fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £120
Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre (N. Yorkshire) Medal of Gratitude 1914-18, obverse: a soldier and sailor shaking hands, Britannia in the background; reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre’s Gratitude, Great War 1914-18, E. Corpse’, 31mm., silver, very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £75
Hickleton (Yorkshire) Main Colliery Services Rendered Tribute Medal, obverse: colliery workings; reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Presented to J. Eades by the owners & workmen for services rendered in the Great War 1914-1918’, 34 x 29mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, nearly extremely fine £100-140
Hickleton Main Colliery Supreme Sacrifice Tribute Medal, obverse: colliery workings; reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Presented by the owners & workmen in memory of J. Sanderson who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1918’, 34 x 29mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, nearly extremely fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £170
Kirkmaiden (Dumfries & Galloway) Tribute Medal 1914-18, ‘The War 1914-18 in Honour of Peter McKie Kirkmaiden Parish’ (name engraved), reverse plain, oval medal surmounted by thistles, 33 x 22mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, good very fine £100-140
Lesmahagow (Lancashire) Parish Tribute Medal 1914-18, ‘European War 1914-18 in Honour of Pte. Thomas Simpson Lesmahagow Parish Ward’ (name engraved); reverse plain, oval medal surmounted by thistles, 35 x 23mm., 9ct. gold hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, extremely fine £100-140
Liverpool Victoria Legal Friendly Society Tribute Medal, ‘“Who stands if freedom fall? Who dies if England live!” - Kipling’; reverse: ‘To H. Cook from his fellow employees and the commee. of management in remembrance of his loyal and voluntary response to his country’s call’ (name engraved),19.5mm., 9ct. gold, nearly extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £100
Herbert Morris Ltd., Empire Works, Loughborough (Leicestershire) Services Rendered Medal 1914-18 (2), die struck medallion by F. Bowcher, obverse: head of Herbert Morris right, ‘Carry on’; reverse inscription in raised letters (William Thomas Court), 41mm., silver; another (William Robinson), bronze, good very fine (2) £100-150
Lydney (Gloucestershire) Welcome Home Medal, obverse: Britannia with a flag, shaking hands with a soldier, coat-of-arms above; reverse in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Presented to R. W. Howells who fought in the Great War 1914-18’, 29 x 26mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918, extremely fine £100-140
Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity Services Rendered Medal 1914-18, by Tuthill, London, ‘Presented to Bro. W. B. Crane’ (name engraved), 29 x 26mm., gilt metal and enamel, complete with enamelled brooch bar, extremely fine £15-20
Hammer Price: £30
Marsden (Durham) Miners’s Welcome Home Medal 1914-18, by Fattorini, Bradford, obverse: sea arch with sea birds above; reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to A. Jordan as a token of gratitude, European War 1914-19’, 27mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, nearly extremely fine £100-140
Burgh & Parish of Maybole (Ayrshire) Tribute Medal 1914-18, obverse: enamelled shield; reverse: ‘Presented by the people of the Burgh & Parish of Maybole, to P. M. Cunnie, R.S.F. in commemoration of the Great War 1914-1918’ (name engraved and very faint), 32mm., silver and enamel, very fine £40-60
Monks’ Kirby (Warwickshire) Tribute Medal 1914-19, obverse: Britannia presenting a wreath to a kneeling soldier, ‘Served in the Great War’; reverse: ‘A token of appreciation from Monks’ Kirby, 36mm., silver, with brooch bar (pin missing) inscribed, ‘Corpl. H. R. Hobley, A.S.C.’, extremely fine £50-70
Parish of Muirkirk (Ayrshire) Tribute Medal, obverse: Angel holding a shield and olive branch; reverse inscribed in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Presented to James McIntyre in appreciation of his services during the Great War 1914-1918’, 33 x 27mm., 9ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918, good very fine £100-140
Newport (Monmouthshire) Returned Prisoners of War Cross, obverse: Britannia, with shield of Newport, greets an infantryman, with dates ‘1914-1918’; reverse: centre with arms of Newport and inscribed ‘Prisoner of war, Newport is proud of you’, unnamed, 33 x 33mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £240
New Radnor (Powys) Medal of Gratitude 1914-19, 56mm., bronze medallion, obverse: shield, ‘New Radnor’s mark of gratitude for service in the Great War 1914-1919; reverse: wreath, within which is engraved, ‘Pte. J. Davies, K.S.L.I.’, good very fine £20-30
Parish of Old Cumnock (Ayrshire) Tribute Medal 1914-19 (2), obverse: war memorial; reverse inscription in raised letters (name impressed), ‘Presented to Cpl. William Hair for services rendered during the Great War 1914-1919’; another, reverse inscribed, ‘In grateful remembrance of Pte. Mitchell Taylor who gave his life during the Great War’, 34 x 29mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, slight enamel damage, very fine (2) £80-100
Pontypridd Tribute Medal 1914-18, obverse: Britannia, with the King and Queen as onlookers, placing a wreath on the head of a kneeling soldier; reverse: bridge with Welsh dragon above, with the legend, ‘Presented to the men of Trallwn Pontypridd who served in the Great War’, 34mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1916, unnamed, with ‘1914 -1916’ brooch bar, extremely fine £30-40
Four: Serjeant C. M. Lewis, South African Infantry 1914-15 Star (Cpl., 12th Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt., 3rd S.A.I.); Porthcawl Tribute Medal, obverse: shield; reverse engraved, ‘C.S. Curwen M. Lewis, South African Inf. 29th July 1919’, 32mm., silver good very fine and better (4) £120-160
Hammer Price: £350
U.A.R. & Preston (Lancashire) Colliery Welcome Home Medal 1914-18, by Fattorini, Bradford, obverse: colliery workings; reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to E. Common by the owners & workmen for services rendered in the Great War 1914-1918’, 27mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, nearly extremely fine £100-140
Burgh of Prestwick Tribute Medal, obverse: a bishop with staff, reverse engraved, ‘1914 Lt. K. C. W. Craig, R.A.F., 1918’, 32mm., silver, nearly extremely fine £60-80
Parish of Rangeworthy (Gloucestershire) Peace Medal, obverse: Britannia, with flag, greeting a soldier with a kiss, engraved, ‘Parish of Rangeworthy, E. J. Boulton, Gunr., R.M.A.’; reverse struck, ‘The Great European War, to commemorate the signing of peace’ enclosed by shields bearing emblems of the allied nations, 38mm., silver medallion, in Kemp Bros., Bristol case of issue, extremely fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £200
Risca Urban District Returned Prisoners of War Cross, obverse: Britannia, with a shield, greets an infantryman, with dates, ‘1914-1918; reverse: four shields, ‘Risca Urban District, Prisoner of War, Risca is proud of you’, 33 x 33m., gold, unnamed, good very fine £80-100
Runcorn (Cheshire) Liberal Club Welcome Home Medal 1914-18, obverse: Britannia shakes the hand of a soldier; reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Runcorn Liberal Club, welcomes home E. Ashley who fought in the Great War 1914-18’, 25mm., 9ct. gold, nearly extremely fine £70-90
Ryton Congegational Church Welcome Home Medal 1914-18, obverse: ‘Thank’s and welcome home to our brave boys, 1 Tim: 6: 12’; reverse: Ryton Congregational Church, 1914 1918, H. T. Webster’ (name engraved), 24mm., silver, edge bruise, good very fine £20-30
Scotswood (Northumberland) Welcome Home Medal, obverse: bridge with bird and sun above, ‘Scotswoods Own, Soldiers & Sailors Home Coming Souvenir’; reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Presented to Pte. Robert Ross, D.L.I. “Scotswood’s Own” for services rendered in the Great War 1914-1919’, 38 x 31.5mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918, good very fine £40-50
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