Auction Catalogue

29 June 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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29 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£400

Strathclyde Regional Council Bravery Medal, gold (J. Brash, 25.11.76), hallmarks for Birmingham 1976, complete with gold brooch bar, in case of issue, extremely fine, scarce £250-300

The Strathclyde Regional Council Bravery Medal, in effect the ‘4th type’ of the Glasgow Bravery Medal, was introduced in 1975 following the reorganisation of the local government in Scotland. Manufactured by ‘J.W.B.’, it was issued in gold.

James Brash, 508 Maryhill Road. Awarded on 25 November 1976. ‘... in rescuing a child from the Forth and Clyde Canal’.