Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & The Colonies). GV issue (Pte. C. E. Radcliffe, 1 Bn. E.I. Ry. R. (A.F.I.)

The medal is sold together with the original typed transmittal letter from regimental headquarters at Lilllooah, dated 15 April 1930, forwarding the medal to the recipient - and a scarce seen award document

Medal verification: The medal was awarded to Private Charles Eugene Radcliffe, of the 1st Battalion East Indian Railway Regiment (Auxiliary Force India) on 12 December 1929, a...  read more

Code: 25175

Efficiency Medal. GV issue with clasp 'India' (Pte. R. Benjamin, Sind. R. A.F.I.)

Medal Verification: The medal was awarded to Private R. Benjamin, of The Sind Rifles (Auxiliary Force India) on 25 September 1933, as published in Indian Army Order No. 554 of 1933

The recipient was almost certainly of the Jewish faith, the Sind Rifles being one of two corps of the Auxiliary Force India (the other were the units of the Bombay Contingent) that mustered sizeable nu...  read more

Code: 25173

Efficiency Medal. GV issue with clasp 'India' (Pte. B. M. C. Briggs, 1. E. I. Ry. R., A.F.I.)

Medal & Further Service Bar Verification: The medal was awarded to Private Bertram Malcolm Campbell Briggs, of the 1st Battalion East India Railway Regiment (Auxiliary Force India) on 8 October 1934, as published in Indian Army Order No. 531 of 1934. The recipient is also confirmed as being awarded a 'Further Service' bar to his Efficiency Medal, the further service bar awarded on 16 June 1939 ...  read more

Code: 25171

Efficiency Medal. GVI first issue with clasp 'India' (Pte. J. Mendes, Bombay Contgt., A.F.I.)

Basis the recipient held the rank of Private (and not Trooper, Gunner or Sapper) J. Mendes, would have been a volunteer member of The Bombay Battalion', which was one of the 4 x A.F.I. units that comprised the The Bombay Contingent (Auxiliary Force India). The individual units of The Bombay Contingent, in 1939 were:

- The Bombay Patrol
- No.10 (Bombay) Battery, R.A., A.F.I...  read more

Code: 25170

India Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. GV first type with Kaisar-i-Hind' obverse legend (10170 L-Daf. Amir Ullah, Khan, 15 Lrs.)

The impressed naming with official corrections, and exactly as issued

The recipient Amir Ullah Khan, was by ethnicity and faith a Punjabi Mussalman soldier holding the rank of Lance-Daffadar (Corporal) while serving with the 15th Lancers, a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army

The recipients 5 digit regimental number indicates that he had served prior 1922, ...  read more

Code: 25168

Royal Engineers: Francis Fowke Memorial Medal. Silver issue (2nd Lieut. C. M. Browne, R.E. 1899.)

Instituted: Established by the Royal Engineers Institute in 1872, and awarded annually in silver, and in bronze.

Designer: George Thomas Morgan

Obverse: Legend 'Francis Fowke' with portrait of Captain Francis Fowke, R.E. wearing tunic with 'Captain's' rank insignia on the collar

Reverse: An ornate laurel border, with central inscription on 5 x lines...  read more

Code: 25166

Cyprus Military Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. GV issue

Important: This short-lived medal was only awarded between 1929 (instituted) to 1934 (made obsolete), all issue having the GV crowned head obverse

The medal an un-named & un-attributed issue

Sold together with a good length of replacement Cyprus Military Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal riband, which was three equal stripes of yellow / dark green / yellow <...  read more

Code: 25164

National Fire Brigade's Union Long Service Medal. Silver (H/M) issue with integral 'Twenty Years' top clasp and 5 x 'Five Years' clasps. Named (O. Burnell.) & numbered (408)

Sold together with:

- Original hinged case of issue with named and dated award transmittal card

The award card named to Omer Burnell of the Southam Fire Brigade and dated 21 June 1909, and confirms the register number 408 and 'Twenty' years

The reverse of the medal uncommonly - and most attractively - with finely engraved monogram of the Southam Fi...  read more

Code: 25161

British Fire Services Association: Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. First type. With 'Twenty Years' bar. Officially impressed '415'

British Fire Services Association: Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. First type. With 'Twenty Years' bar. Officially impressed '415'

This a scarce 1st type un-named silver-plated issue, with the reverse of bar indented 'metal'

The silk medal riband fitted with mounting bar, that retains it's original hinged pin and clasp fittings, as issued

Note: T...  read more

Code: 25158

Special Constabulary Long Service Medal. GV 'Coinage Head' issue (Albert E. Rayner)

A medal to the former 'Sergeant-at-Mace / Town Crier' of Cambridge

A medal of considerable Barton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire local social history interest

The recipient Albert Edward Rayner - a former Police Constable with the Cambridgeshire County Police - was serving as a Special Constable in 1939 (The 1939 National Register for England & Wales refers - and the ...  read more

Code: 25157