Orders, Decorations and Medals

Maidstone Typhoid Epidemic 1897, silver medal, 31 mm, the reverse scroll inscribed (A. Elkington) good very fine £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of the late Mike Leahy.

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Awarded by the Corporation of Maidstone to all Nurses who helped to nurse the sick during the Typhoid epidemic which raged in the area for three months at the end of 1897. Sold with full details and roll of recipients taken from the South Eastern Gazette.