Miscellaneous 563
Benfleet Fire Brigade Medal, 25mm, silver, reverse engraved, ‘Eastern District N.F.B.A. Benfleet Aug 7th 1926 M. Sims.’ nearly very fine
£40-£50
The National Fire Brigades Union was formed in 1889. By 1914 the membership had grown to over 1,000 individual fire brigades, the majority of which were volunteer brigades. The N.F.B.U. changed its name to the National Fire Brigades Association (N.F.B.A.) in 1918.
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A Selection of miscellaneous sporting and other medals and medallions, including a North China Command Inter Unit Championship 1927 Tug-o-War Prize Medal, bronze; Biscester Garrison Cross Country Championship Winners Medals, named to ‘Capt. Batty’, silver; a British Railways Staff Association 1965 Table Tennis Prize Medal, silver; a Rangoon Races Medal, bronze; together with unnamed sporting prize medals for Rugby, Cross-Country, and Athletics; two St. Mary’s Schools, Bryanston Square, London, Bronze Medals for Good Attendance, both named to ‘Dalton Figg’, with July 1888 and 1889 date bars; an Army Temperance Association, India, Medal, silver; and other miscellaneous items, including a Bronze Medallion commemorating the 900th Anniversary of Westminster Abbey 1965; and two sets of ‘Britain’s First Decimal Coins’, containing 10p, 5p, 2p, 1p, and 1/2p, generally very fine (lot)
£40-£50 565
A miniature medal, gilt and enamel, ring suspension, 16mm, the obverse bearing a coat of arms circumscribed by the words ‘A Nessuno Secondo’, the reverse inscribed ‘R.N.C. di Cavour’, in a D. George Collins box, nearly extremely fine £30-£40
The Italian Navy battleship, R.N. Conte di Cavour was badly damaged during the British torpedo bomber attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto in November 1940.
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A Selection of Nursing Medals, including British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18 (2), both with integral top riband bars; British Red Cross Society Medal for Proficiency in Red Cross First-Aid (2) (05321 H. Windle.; A. Griffiths) first with Additional Date Bars for 1925, 1926, and 1927; British Red Cross Society Medal for Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing (2) (11550 C. Campbell; 30705 N. Shield) first with Additional Date Bar for 1937; British Red Cross Society Medal for Proficiency in Anti-Gas Training (8162 S. Partington); British Red Cross Honorary Life Member’s lapel badge, reverse numbered ‘1762’; British Red Cross Society 3 Years’ Service medal, reverse numbered ‘28587’; Australian Red Cross Society Twenty Years’ Service medal (B542 Miss E. M. Christie); together with two Princess Alice Memorial Hospital Eastbourne Medals; a Guy’s Hospital Medal; A Norfolk and Norwich Hospital Medal; two St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Crosses; and other ephemera, generally nearly very fine and better (lot)
£60-£80 567
York County Hospital Nursing Badge, gold (9ct., 16.67g) and enamel, in the form of the White Rose of Yorkshire, the reverse engraved ‘Dorothy Newman. 1928-1931.’, with integral top ‘York County Hospital’ gold riband bar, extremely fine
£80-£120 568
A Silver Presentation Griffin. A presentation Griffin, silver, 128mm high x 110mm wide, in crouching position with wings partially out-spread, mounted on a circular wooden plinth, with silver plaque engraved ‘Major General Sir Philip Carnegy K. C.B., 4th. Gurkha Regiment 1886, Commandant 2nd. Battalion 1902 -1909’, good condition
£100-£140
Sir Philip Mainwaring Carnegy was born on 12 December 1858, the son of Major-General P. A. Carnegy, and was educated at Dollar Academy, Cheltenham, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 67th Regiment of Foot in 1878, and, proceeding to India, transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles, rising through the ranks to become their Commanding Officer. Advanced Major-General, he commanded the Jullundur Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 September 1914 He retired on 12 April 1919, and died in Worcestershire on 8 December 1927.
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