Canada (Dominion): King George VI Coronation Badge 1937. Gilt

Metal: Gilded bronze

Dimensions: (H) 35mm (W) 28mm

Weight: 13g

Obverse: In centre the effigy portraits of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with below 'Coronation'. The decorative borders with British national flower emblems on top and below the maple leaves emblems of Canada, this latter with royal monograms on each side ER & GR. At east and west o...  read more

Code: 22846

Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies). GV issue (Volunteer A. J. Germany. N. W. Ry. Vol. Rifles.)

Medal verification: The award of the Volunteer Long Service Medal to Volunteer A. J. Germany of the North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles, was published in Indian Army Order No. 624 of 1911

Important: The recipients civilian occupation at the time of his death in was 'Driver' (Locomotive Train Driver) employed with the North Western Railway Company Ltd

Official re...  read more

Code: 22767

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies). GV issue (Corpl. A. White Cossipore Arty: Voltr:)

Medal verification: Corporal A. White was awarded his VLSM in 1914, the award being published in Indian Army Order 128 of 9 March 1914

Raised in 1884, the Cossipore Artillery Volunteers, was a Calcutta based volunteer artillery unit. The unit had its origins dating back to 1888, when the regiment was raised. Volunteers from the Cossipore Artillery Volunteers served with the Calcu...  read more

Code: 22727

Military Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. EDVII issue (Sub Contr G. D. M. Anderson. I. M. List.)

George David McKellar Anderson, son of James Anderson ( a General Labourer) & Jane Anderson (nee Black) was a native of, Linlithgow, Scotland, where he was born on 10 April 1872. The 1881 National Census for Scotland, records, George, described as a scholar, residing at home located at, 13 High East Port, Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, together with his parents and two siblings, viz, older brothe...  read more

Code: 22457

Military Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. Victorian 3rd issue (1166: Prit: John: Livingston: 28th.)

Note: Medal suspension has been neatly resoldered and no-longer swivels

Important: A confirmed veteran of the 1st Opium War, China 1842 and service at Sebastopol during the Crimean War

Naming: A regimentally impressed naming issue, and uncommon thus

See the definitive reference work on the various Military Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, reference...  read more

Code: 22375

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal. Victorian issue with 'Victoria Regina' obverse legend

Un-named as issued to United Kingdom Volunteers

Fitted with a stitched length of original silk riband

Condition: VF  read more

Code: 22370

Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. EIIR issue (Const. James Mackie)

The recipient was a long serving member of the West Lothian Constabulary

Reference the 'West Lothian Courier' issue of 31 August 1962, that contains a captioned photograph of the recipient in uniform, together with below following biography:

Quote,

SGT. JAMES MACKIE

Stepping out of one uniform into another is Police Sergeant Jimmy Mack...  read more

Code: 22367

Delhi Durbar Medal 1911. Silver issue. The medal contemporary engraved in Urdu/Persian script (666 Driver Gauhar Ali, 27th Mule Corps)

The recipient was a Punjabi Mussalman soldier serving as a Driver with the 27th Mule Corps of the British Indian Army

Medal verification: Confirmed on the respective Delhi Durbar 1911 medal roll of the combined 23rd & 27th Mule Corps, reference WO 100/400, in which he is shown as 666 Driver Gohar (sic) Ali

Great War Casualty: 666 Lance Naik Gauhar Ali, 27th Mule Co...  read more

Code: 22183

Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies). GV issue

An un-named & un-marked specimen struck by the Calcutta Mint

The GV issue Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies) were only issued issued in India, Bermuda and the Isle of Man between 1911-1930

Condition: About EF  read more

Code: 21577

Volunteer Long Service (India & the Colonies). GV issue (Voltr. T. Shaw Kolar Gold F. R. Voltrs.)

Medal verification: The medal confirmed per Indian Army Order 290 of 1914

Thomas Shaw (1858-1921) was a long-term European resident of the Kolar Gold Field, where he was employed firstly as a Miner, rising to a 'Shift Boss' and latterly employed as a Millman, during which time he was employed at the Champion Reef Mine, Kolar, Mysore State. When not working at the mine, Thomas, li...  read more

Code: 21501