Auction Catalogue

29 June 2022

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 582

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29 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£110

Family Group:

National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, with clasp for Twenty Years’ service and five clasps for Five Years’ service, the edge officially numbered ‘5996’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘Frank Snuggs’; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, bronze, with clasps for Five Years and Ten Years’ service, the edge officially numbered ‘15199’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘George T. Snuggs’, with named card enclosure, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100

Frank Snuggs joined the Crondall Fire Brigade in Hampshire as a Callboy in 1893, his father being the Captain of the Brigade, and became a Fireman in 1900, and Captain in 1920. He was awarded his National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal on 25 September 1949, and died on 15 September 1942.

George T. Snuggs, the nephew of the above, was born on 22 October 1912 and joined the Crondall Fire Brigade in August 1931. He was awarded his National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal on 11 January 1949, and died in April 1998.

Sold with copied research regarding the Crondall Fire Brigade, including photographic images of the tender that was presented to the village by Frank Snuggs in 1935 in memory of his father.