World Historical Medals
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Lot 4131 Session 15 (7:30pm Thursday) World Historical Medals
Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $90
WORLD FIRE BRIGADE MEDALS, Great Britain, Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887, in bronze (34mm square cross), suspension pin in form of a fire helmet and embossed thereon, 'F.B.A./Windsor/June 23rd 1887'; Hornsey Fire Brigade Service Medal, 1897, handcrafted cross design in silver (35mm square), with affixed silver clasps for 5 Years Service (4) and brooch suspension bar for 10 Years Service, obverse, in centre is engraved a vintage fire wagon, reverse inscribed, 'Borough of Hornsey/Fire Brigade/10 Years/Service Medal/Station Officer/W.P.Dixon/1st October/1897'; Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal, in silver (38mm), with suspension brooch bar for Twenty Years, edge inscribed, 'Second Officer W.L.Lawson. 1935'; London Fire Brigade medallion, uniface in silver with hallmarks (38mm); London Fire Brigade hat badge; also Coronation 1911 medallion in bronze (38mm); two bronze suspensions with ribbon but no medals; USA, Hudson Valley Vol. Firemen's Assn, Delegate 15th Annual Convention medal, 1904, in gilt bronze (47x53mm), unnamed; Southern N.Y. Vol. Firemens Assn, Delegate 17 Annual Convention, in gilt bronze and enamel (43x54.5mm), unnamed. The first three medals and the 1911 medallion all with tape or lacquer residue on reverse, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (10 pieces)
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