Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Brunswick Brewery Lifesaving Medal, 36mm, silver, the obverse engraved ‘This Medal was Presented by Mr. G. Chalkley to Mr. Wm. Crawley in remembrance of his energetic services during’, the reverse engraved ‘the fire which occurred on the 4th June /51 whereby the Brewhouse & surrounding property was saved from destruction’, edge engraved ‘Brunswick Brewery, Tottenham, Middlesex’, with straight bar suspension and one blank clasp, minor edge bruising, good very fine £80-£120

This privately awarded medal appears to have been created from either a single clasp Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840, or Military General Service Medal 1793-1814, with both the obverse and reverse sides erased, and the edge naming and clasp facing both skimmed; the date of the action would seem to verify this, as both the N.G.S. and M.G.S. were issued in large numbers only three years previously.