23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
3047
A Boy Scouts Association Gilt Gallantry Medal, awarded to Robert Armstrong 5.8.52, with a related letter from the Assistant Chief Constable of the City of Glasgow Police, dated 25 August 1952 thanking him for his 'bravery and good citizenship in rescuing a five year old boy from drowning in the Forth and Clyde Canal at Lock 21, Glasgow' and awarding him a nominal reward of £3, together with a Silver Acorn on an orange neck ribbon, a portrait photograph, a bosun's whistle and a Warrant appointing him Assistant Scoutmaster 24.11.1951
Footnote: -The Silver Acorn, worn on an orange ribbon around the neck, and emblems or brooches with an orange knot is awarded for specially distinguished service while holding adult roles for a period of not less than twenty years
Sold for £650
Estimated at £400 - £500
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 23rd Mar, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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Tuesday 22 March 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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