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100 year old kings medal found in mums garden !!

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AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Mar 2011 20:17

have you tried making an impression of it by running the edge around in say Blutack or plasticine? might make it readable

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Julie

Julie Report 31 Mar 2011 18:41

The edge of the coin is sadly unreadable could of been in the ground 60 years !

Julie

Julie Report 31 Mar 2011 13:46

Thanks for your help. I've been having a read too about the school attendance medal. mums house was built on what was quaker lane school . When I get get home will look at the edge of the coin sending this from my mobile

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 29 Mar 2011 13:24

Hi Dea!!! seems these medals were awarded for school attendance - well I was a regular attender and I never got one!!!!

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Dea

Dea Report 29 Mar 2011 12:29

So, that narrows it down a bit then Ann,

'G. Bell' will be a child of school age in 1910.

Dea x

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 29 Mar 2011 11:11

if you go on this site there is a picture of a King's medal plus info on the reasons for awarding such a medal

http://www.hallofmedals.co.uk/html/kingsmedallondon.html

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 29 Mar 2011 11:09

I'm seeing a stack of Bell's in Waltham Abbey on the census

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Julie

Julie Report 29 Mar 2011 08:53

Hi
Dont know if anyone can help me?
In the 1970s me and my Mum moved into a newly built house in Waltham Abbey it was bulit on the site of an old Quaker meeting house.
While doing the garden one day we found a "coin" in the soil. It must of been in the ground awhile but after cleaning it up we could read some of the words on it.
It seems to be a Kings Medal and name on it is " G. BELL "
the date looks like 1910 -19 ?? and cant read the rest.
Is G. Bell on the Census at all ? I wonder if the Bell family were from Waltham Abbey ?

Thank you