Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Suffragette Women’s Social and Political Union Medal awarded to Miss Evelyn Hambling

Women’s Social and Political Union Medal for Valour, 22mm, silver, the obverse inscribed ‘Hunger Strike’, the reverse named ‘Evelyn Hambling’, the suspension bar dated ‘Aug 10th. & 12th. 1914’, complete with integral top ‘For Valour’ brooch bar, in original case of issue, the inside silk interior lining of lid with gold blocked inscription, ‘Presented to Evelyn Hambling. by the Women’s Social & Political Union in recognition of a gallant action, whereby through endurance to the last extremity of hunger and hardship a great principle of political justice was vindicated’, the outside of the case somewhat worn, nearly extremely fine £6,000-£8,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Norman Gooding Collection.

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Miss Evelyn Hambling was employed by the Women’s Social and Political Union at their London Headquarters, at Clement’s Inn, where she worked alongside such luminaries as Beatrice Sanders, Jessie Kenney, and Mrs. Pankhurst herself. Her work involved planning and co-ordinating particular acts of militancy, such as the accosting or ‘pestering’ of cabinet ministers, as well as arranging meetings and other publicity stunts. She was briefly imprisoned following the outbreak of the Great War.