Group of medals relating to Alan Booth comprising of court m...

Hammer

£1,350

Group of medals relating to Alan Booth comprising of court mounted civil MBE and Military General Service medal with Malaya clasp awarded to 2466073 L.A.C A. Booth RAF, A cased MBE loose miniature and court mounted miniature MBE and GSM with associated MBE certificate issue medal slip for GSM 1953 associated and mounted 925 Birmingham silver hallmark Freedom of the Borough of Scarborough A.Booth esq. 1999 holder and scroll mounted on wooden plinth with plaque presented at a special meeting of Scarborough Borough Council 28th September 1999 (Alan Booth was awarded the role of Scarborough’s Town Crier only having auditioned for the role initially to make up the numbers. He was also elected Honorary Freeman of Scarborough in recognition of his work in raising the profile of the town as far away as Australia and Canada. Alan was Scarborough’s town crier for 31 years, a record for the Yorkshire coast and was awarded his MBE in 2005.)