Volunteer Long Service Medal (India and Colonies). Victorian issue (Quartermaster Serjeant J. Patterson N.W. Ry: Voltr Rifles)

The naming in engraved script fills the entire rim of the medal, and is a master-class example of an engraver's skill in craftsmanship

Medal Verification: The award was published in the Gazette of India issue 544 of 189, and was one of only an estimated 79 x VLSM's awarded to the regiment while styled as the North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles between 1897-1901 (inc)
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Code: 24225

Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies). EDVII issue (Sergt D J Macintosh Assam Vlly Lt Horse)

Medal Verification: The award was published in India Army Order No 556 of 1907

Medals awarded: Approximately 46 x awards of the VLSM were made to the Assam Valley Light Horse during the reign of King Edward VII

Photograph & Obituary: After working more then 25 years in the Tea Estates of Assam, India, in 1912, Duncan Macintosh returning to the United Kingdom, and r...  read more

Code: 24224

Volunteer Long Service (India & the Colonies). GV issue (Corpl. J. Blair S. V. Lt. Horse)

Medal verification: Corporal James Blair Surma Valley Light Horse confirmed being awarded his Volunteer Long Service Medal per Indian Army Order 485 of 1914

Reference 'The Auxiliary Force India and its Predecessors...' (Harfield, 2015) an estimated an estimated 78 x GV issue Volunteer Long Service Medals awarded to the unit under its designation Surma Valley Light Horse, between ...  read more

Code: 24223

Special Constabulary Medal. GV 1st type 'Crowned Head' obverse. With clasp 'Great War 1914-1918' (John H. Butler.)

The recipient was John Henry Butler - of Weston, Bath, Somerset

John Henry Butler, son of Henry J. Butler (a Painter) and Sophia Butler (nee Russell) was a native of, Weston, Bath, Somerset, where he was born in, 1863. By trade John was a 'Butcher' (and employer). At the time of the 1911 National Census for England & Wales, he is shown residing with his wife and family at, 4 Chel...  read more

Code: 24219

Special Constabulary Medal. GV 1st type 'Crowned Head' obverse. With clasp 'Great War 1914-1918' (Sect. Cmdr. James W. Bussey)

James Walter Bussey, J.P., (a Coal Merchant) was a Freeman of the Borough of Dover Kent, and a leading citizen of the community he served so well over many years, including his service as a Section Commander of the Dover Special Constabulary during the Great War

The local Dover / Kent newspapers have multiple articles / mentions of James Bussey, including a very lengthy and detai...  read more

Code: 24218

National Fire Brigades Association. Bronze 10 years long service medal, with integral top brooch bar 'Ten Years'. Officially numbered & named (11696 John C. Baines.)

John Cecil Baines, son of George Baines (an Accountant / Company Secretary of a Gas Company) and Emma Baines (nee Howard) was a native of Dovercourt, Essex, England, where he was born on, 26 September 1897. At the time of the compilation of the 1939 National Register for England & Wales , John is described employed as a 'Public Service Gas Equipment Engineer' and residing with his wife, Daisy ...  read more

Code: 24214

National Fire Brigades Union. Silver 20 years long service medal, with top brooch bar 'Twenty Years', & 3 x additional silver '5 Years' clasps. With silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1906. The medal named engraved (Engineer W. Sherriff Grimsby C.F.B. Ju

A splendid long service medal to a veteran of more than 40 years service with the Grimsby Fire Brigade

William Sherriff was born in April 1859 in Fulstow, Lincolnshire. By 1911 is shown as a 52-year-old Traction Engine Driver living at 23 Peppercorn Walk with his wife and 9 children. William died on 17th October 1933 in Grimsby

Important: There are many articles an...  read more

Code: 24213

Boy's Brigade (Scotland): 35th (Holyrood Abbey) Company (Edinburgh, Scotland). Bronze 'Squad Drill' Competition Medal. Circa early 20th century

The medal retaining its long silk moire stitched riband that is suspended from its integral ornate top brooch bar (sans pin)

The Boys' Brigade (BB) is an international interdenominational Christian youth organisation, conceived by the Scottish businessman Sir William Alexander Smith to combine drill, community, outdoor and sports activities with Christian values. Following its in...  read more

Code: 24211

Belgium: Cross of Fire (Croix De Feu) 1914-18

The cross fitted with a long length of stitched silk riband, and as-worn

Awarded to Belgian service personnel who had actually served under fire and endured combat during the Great War

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Code: 24210

Belgium: Yser Cross 1914 (Croix De L'Yser)

The cross retaining a good long length of silk moire riband

Originally instituted as a medal (Royal Decree 18 October 1918), the medal was upgraded to a 'Cross' by Royal Decree of 5 February 1934. In practise many surviving veterans opted not to obtain the costlier 'Crosses' and consequently Yser Crosses are much scarcer on the market than the corresponding earlier issued medals...  read more

Code: 24209