Private Fire Brigades Association: All England Championship 1933. Prize Medal. Silver (H/M)

An un-named, dated medal attributed to a member of the Private Fire Brigade of Messrs. A. Herbert & Co., Coventry, England

Metal: Silver. With English silver maker and assay hallmarks for Birmingham 1932, on reverse

Dimension: 38mm

Obverse: An early motorised Fire Engine with crew in motion, with on right a flaming torch with legend 'At Duty's Call' on 3 x scrolls, with scroll and word 'Valour' above the fire engine, and above that crossed fire axes and a Merryweather pattern fireman's helmet

Reverse: Laurel wreath surrounding with tie and bow. In centre engraved (All England Championship 1933)

The Private Fire Brigades Association sponsored an annual 'All England Championship' prize event, and presentation of medals to members of the winning team of the 'Championship of England Instantaneous Coupling'

An article pertaining to the 'All England Championship of 1933' was published in the Leicester Evening Mail issue of, 30 October 1933, quoted below:

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ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS

Teams of firemen from all parts of the country competed at the Fire Tournament and Championship of the Leicester and Leicestershire Private Fire Brigades' Association, at the Granby Hall's, Leicester, on Saturday.

The championship of England for instantaneous coupling was won by Messr's. A. Herbert and Co., Coventry, who also won the Faire Challenge Bowl for five-men drill and took first place in the event for two-men drill.

Messrs. Herbert als were third in the drill for four men, and the aggregate time for the three events with which they won the championship was 35.3 seconds.

The Association Challenge Cup for four-men drill was won by Messrs. Metro-Vickers, Sheffield, in the excellent time of 9.4 seconds.

In the two local events the Belgrave Laundry Co., Leicester, won the Association Challenge Bowl, by completing five-men drill in 12.3 seconds without incurring a penalty, and the Sketchley Dye Works, Leicester, won the Association Challenge Shield for three-men drill in 11.3 seconds, after running off a tie with Belgrave Laundry.

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A most attractive Fire Brigade medal, of considerable Coventry local history interest

Condition: About EF

Code: 22968