Ernest George Gillick Sold at Auction Prices

ENGLAND, National Emergency Medal, 1926, a bronze award medal by E. Gillick [Royal Mint] for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, Britannia seated left holding laurel branch, rev. three female figures stood with their backs to each other,...

Gillick, Ernest (British, 1874-1951); b. Bradford ENGLAND , National Emergency Medal , 1926, a bronze award medal by E. Gillick [Royal Mint] for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, Britannia seated left holding laurel branch, rev . three female figures stood with their backs to each other, supporting two locomotives, 51mm, 63.55g (Pickup, The Medal 59, pp. 23-7; Attwood, Gillick, p.136; Eimer, BNJ 1985, 12; BHM 4210; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.83, 78; E 2003). Extremely fine; in brown gilt-blocked case of issue [this a trifle scuffed] and with original letter to the recipient, Arthur Howson, Esq, from J.C. Stamp, President of the Executive, as from Euston Station, January 1927 £50-£70 --- Arthur Howson (1900-77), Aberford, West Yorkshire. The General Strike, which ran from 4 to 12 May 1926, was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reductions and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners. Some 1.7 million workers struck, especially in transport and heavy industry, including over 15,000 engine drivers and 14,000 firemen employed by the LM & SR. The government called for volunteers to run essential services, such as trains, and it is understood that the medal was principally issued to these volunteers and to staff members who ignored the strike call; the full text of the letter from J.C. Stamp to its recipients is reproduced by Pickup ( The Medal 59, p.24) ------ For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.noonans.co.uk