Rare 1941 London Passenger Transport Medal For Bravery, reve...

Estimate

£2,500 - £2,500

Rare 1941 London Passenger Transport Medal For Bravery, reverse engraved to Ernest Henry Wright 10 September 1940, about mint in John Pinches box of issue.
This medal was one of only 9 ever issued, with it being superseded by recommendations for the George Medal and George Cross.
"On the night of 9/10 September 1940, a large number of incendiary bombs and also high explosive bombs were dropping on buildings surrounding the Bus Station at the Minories. There were at the time 18 of the Board's vehicles in the station, and in the face of great danger, these men cleared all of the vehicles from the station, except a Fordson tractor. Not only were the buildings on fire but high explosive bombs were falling throughout the proceedings."
With copied newspaper cutting covering
the presentation of all 9 medals on 21 Feb
1941: “Bravery during raids of bus, tram
and Underground men was recognised
today when Lord Ashfield decorated nine
with the London Transport Medal. Four
inspectors Ernest Henry Wright, Edward
Charles Wright, Frederick Ernest Foord and
Thomas William Spencer Large cleared 18
buses from a bus station when bombs were
dropping all around them.”
Warwick & Warwick sold the LPTB medal
to Thomas William Spencer Large for the same action in their 20th April 2020 sale with the hammer falling at £2,800. (See photos) (R)