MISCELLANEOUS
989
ARCTIC MEDAL 1818-55, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £500-600
990
A rare Army Best Shot Medal awarded to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant F. J. Broughton, 14th Battalion, The
Parachute Regiment
ARMY BEST SHOT MEDAL, E.II.R., 1 clasp, 1954 (6199055 R.Q.M.S. Broughton) slight contact marks, very fine £1200-1500
The Army Best Shot Medal, sometimes known as the ‘Queen’s Medal’, was instituted in 1869 and continued to be awarded until 1882.
The award of the medal was revived in 1923 (as the ‘King’s Medal’), differing from the earlier version in having a clasp bearing the year
of award. During the period 1923-34, a single medal was competed for by 50 members of the Regular Army and 50 members of the
Territorial Army. Certain Commonwealth countries also competed for a separate Medal. From 1935 onwards, the home forces
competed for two medals, one for the Regular Army and one for the Territorial Army. With the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, the
award was again known as the ‘Queen’s Medal’ and the recipient referred to as the ‘Queen’s Medallist’.
Awarded to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant F. J. Broughton, 14th Battalion The Parachute Regiment, as Champion Shot of the
Territorial Army for the year 1954 (ref. British Battles and Medals, 1979 edition, p.379).
991
QUEEN’S MEDAL FOR NATIVE CHIEFS, E.II.R., 2nd Class, silver, neck badge, unnamed, complete with silver collar chain, in fitted
case of issue, extremely fine £400-500
992
A ‘Securicor’ Bravery Medal pair awarded to Armoured Van Driver
Charles Percival, who was shot and wounded whilst fighting off two
bandits
SECURICOR MEDAL, reverse inscribed, ‘For Bravery C. Percival’, silver,
hallmarks for Birmingham 1977; SECURICOR MEDAL, unnamed, silver,
hallmarks for Birmingham 1973, extremely fine (2) £250-300
Sold with Securicor Commendation Certificate, dated 15 March 1978, with
citation reading, ‘Mr Percival by his determined resistance of armed bandits, in
spite of shots being fired, and he sustaining a gun shot wound to his right leg,
was responsible for the bandit attack being unsuccessful. He displayed courage
and determination of the highest order.’
A full citation of the attack reads, ‘On Friday, 4 November, 1977, Mr Charles Percival a full-time Armoured Van Driver, employed at
Securicor’s Watford Branch, was at the public counter of Barclays Bank, Borehamwood, Herts, where he had just collected £6,000 on
behalf of a client, when two men, one armed, approached him, grabbed the container with the money in it and at the same time
pointed a pistol at him saying, “We’ll have this” - meaning the cash container. Mr Percival’s immediate response was to grab the hand
of the bandit holding the pistol, forcing it downwards. As he did so a shot was fired from the pistol. Mr Percival then grabbed the cash
container and the two bandits endeavoured to regain possession of it, bringing Mr Percival to the ground in the struggle. Mr Percival,
still retaining possession of the container, managed to rise to a crouching position and then holding the cash container in front of him
as a form of protection, pushed the bandit holding the pistol against an internal wall of the bank. The second bandit meanwhile, who
apparently was not armed, was attacking Mr Percival from the rear and encouraging the other bandit by words to shoot Mr Percival.
During the struggle that ensued, the pistol was fired a number of times and ultimately Mr Percival and the bandits reached a position on
the footway outside the bank. At this stage of the struggle, the cash container went free from Mr Percival’s grasp. This enabled a
member of the public to grab the container and run into the Bank with it. This caused the bandits to give up and make good their
escape. It was not until Mr Percival had entered the Bank, assured himself that the cash container had been handed in and returned to
his armoured van, that he realised he had sustained a gun shot wound in his right leg for which he had to receive hospital treatment.
Mr Percival’s determination to resist the bandits in the face of pistol shots and a vicious attack by two bandits was most courageous and
praiseworthy; it was a fine example to all members of Securicor.’
The two medals, the Commendation Certificate and a copy of the full citation are mounted in a wooden glass-fronted case, with the
caption, ‘Securicor medals issued to Mr Charles Percival for Bravery and Long Service’. Another unnamed Securicor Medal, attributed
to Charles Percival and from the same source, was sold in D.N.W. 25 June 2009, lot 738.
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