Bowness on Windermere
Bowness on Windermere
Lot 9: A Collection of Girl Guides and Royal Life Saving Society Memorabilia
2026-11-04T10:00:00Z
Lot 9:
A Collection of Girl Guides and Royal Life Saving Society Memorabilia
Description
A collection of Girl Guides and Brownies embroidered badges and various medallions, housed in a red metal tin with a white heart pattern. The textile items comprise several embroidered cloth badges including a white cotton name tape reading 1st GERRARDS CROSS PACK in red lettering, two brown triangular proficiency badges with yellow embroidery reading GIRL GUIDES and depicting a cup and a hand respectively, and an oval brown felt badge with a yellow V-shaped design and the word GUIDES. Also included are a brown rectangular badge featuring a red stick figure, a red square badge with a white trefoil emblem, and a brown and yellow striped rank bar.
The metalwork includes a circular bronze-tone medal with a central cross and dot motif, bearing the impressed motto QUEMCUNQUE MISERUM VIDERIS HOMINEM SCIAS around the outer edge and ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY within. A silver-tone circular medallion features a relief of a classical figure with a lyre, surrounded by a blue enamel border reading THE LONDON ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMATIC ART. Other items include a gold-tone relief medallion depicting a mythological figure, an enamel badge marked VERBIER EVASION SEMAINES 1988-89 with a Swiss shield, and three small RLSS related badges including a blue circular badge reading RLSS PEARL ASSURANCE, a rectangular blue badge reading BASIC RESUSCITATION RLSS, and a circular black medal.
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