Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Civil Defence Officer D. E. G. Holland, Hove Civil Defence
Defence Medal; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R.; with named letters for both awards, good very fine

Pair: Special Constable A. V. Lawes, Kent Constabulary
Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1949 (Arthur V. Lawes.) latter in named card box of issue, extremely fine

Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Leonard Sydney Dale); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Sub-Inspr. Edwin W. Shepherd) extremely fine (6) £80-£100

Leonard Sydney Dale was born at Plumstead in 1893 and joined H.M. Dockyards and Naval Establishments as a Labourer in 1932. He retired as a Storehouseman from the Trinity House Lighthouse at Bull Point, North Devon, in 1958, and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal (London Gazette 30 September 1958).