Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 1st type, silver (Robert Russell), with faint hallmarks, complete with ‘Gallantry’ brooch bar, extremely fine £160-200

Robert Russell, of 132 Swanston Street, Bridgeton. Awarded on 16 April 1929. ‘... who [with George McIlwraith, 29 Coventry Drive, Dennistoun], rescued a woman from drowning in the River Clyde near Rutherglen Bridge on 5 September last