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Framed 7th (City of London) Battalion The London
Regt 1914-1918 In Memorial of All Ranks Who Fell
in the Great War, hand drawn banner, possibly a
design piece for the finished article. Produced by G
Kenning & Son.
£25 - £30
298
Framed WW1 Mary Tin, Christmas Card and Photo
(buyer collects)
£30 - £35
299
France - French Mexican War Medal 1863 by
BARRE, complete with wearing pin and original
ribbon. EF
£80 - £85
300
France 2x Free French Croix de Guerre 1939 normal
type and a 1943 Giraud (Algiers Free Forces ) type,
GVF
£125 - £135
301
France 3x different Melici / Vichy lapel badges for
pro Nazi sympathisers
£35 - £40
302
France a boxed Verdun medal plus a Verdun model
Artillery Gun souvenir
£30 - £35
303
France a French Medaile Militaire Crimean period,
enamel loss but otherwise GVF
£100 - £120
304
France a Napoleon Bonaparte veterans of the
Grande Armee Saint Helena Medal 1821 GVF
£40 - £45
305
France an Italain-French War, Napoleon III 1859 inc
Solferino, the birthplace of the Red Cross, in silver,
GVF
£40 - £45
306
France Indo China (Vietnam) two medals from their
1950's campaign
£30 - £35
307
France Vichy Croix de Guerre a usual 1939-40
version and an Etat Francais 1944 Melici version,
GVF
£125 - £135
308
French Legion of Honour gold miniature medal, and
Belgium Order of Leoplold II silver miniature medal
(2)
£60 - £65
309
French Napoleonic Regimental Numbered buttons
incl 30, 54, 24 x3, 50, 26, 85, 64 field finds (9)
£50 - £55
310
GB - 1858-1879 Penny Red plates set (ex 77 and
225), in clean selected used condition. Fine lot, cat
£1340 (qty)
£180 - £200
311
: George Medal Group: In its Royal Mint case, George Medal (QE2 BR.OMN:) plus Defence Medal, Fire Brigade (L. Caister
on Sea, Norfolk). The Rescue took place in the Great Floods of 1953. Citation states: Frederick William SADD, Leading Fireman,
Great Yarmouth Fire Brigade. (Caister on Sea, Norfolk.) Leading Fireman SADD was in charge of a fire appliance which attended
a fire call to Gorleston where a small estate consisting of 16 prefabricated bungalows and some 30 two storey houses was
completely flooded to a depth of more than 5 feet. Sadd, seeing there were several people trapped in the bungalows and houses,
and hearing their cries for help, instructed a fisherman to collect a boat and report back to him with it. Meanwhile, as something
approaching panic was reigning in most of the flooded buildings, Leading Fireman Sadd, accompanied by two members of his
crew, started to wade into the bungalows. The water, however, soon proved to be too deep for his companions and Sadd, realising
that they were unlikely to survive ordered them back and continued alone. The level of water was still rising, a very severe gale was
blowing, it was pitch dark and the surface of the water was exceedingly rough. At times Sadd was completely submerged but he
alternately waded and swam his way from house to house, reassuring the occupants and promising them that he would return with
a boat to rescue them. He then made his way back to the high ground where the fisherman had returned with a boat. No oars
were available but Sadd refused to abandon the attempt and by wading, and at times swimming, either pulling or pushing the boat
in the direction it was desired to take, visited each of the bungalows, rescuing the persons found in them. In almost every case it
was impossible to take the boat close up to the bungalows, and Sadd had therefore to carry each person in turn from bungalow to
boat. The water was exceedingly cold and the conditions atrocious, but although suffering severely, Sadd persisted in his efforts.
After rescuing 5 adults and 5 children in this manner, Sadd collapsed, was given first aid treatment and sent back to his station. A
short while after, he responded to another call where, under similar conditions, he personally rescued a further 6 adults and 9
children from the houses on the estate. Throughout the entire proceedings, Leading Fireman Sadd showed courage of the highest
order, with little or no regard for his own personal safety. (2)
£3800 - £4000