Collection of badges, awards and papers relating to John Ratter CBE Collection of badges, awards and papers relating to John Ratter CBE
Carnegie Hero Fund medal and case, bronze 1965. Awarded posthumously to Driver Wallace Oakes ('Wally' Oakes) in 1965. Circular. Front reads: HE SERVES GOD BEST WHO MOST NOBLY SERVES HUMANITY. Verso: PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE CARNEGIE HERO FUND.Outer edge inscribed: WALLACE A OAKES, WHEELOCK HEATH, CHESHIRE 5TH/12TH JUNE 1965. Carnegie Hero Fund Medal and case
Medal. 1939-45 War Medal, cupro nickel, awarded to George Roberts for military service. Obverse: Effigy of King George VI; Reverse: depicts a triumphant lion trampling on a dragon representing the Axis powers. Original ribbon with narrow red stripe at centre with narrow white stripe on either side, broad red stripes at either edge, and two intervening stripes of blue. Medal for Military Service
Medal, silver, Model Engineer Exhibition 1979, Wembley, awarded to Cliff Newell for his Great Western Railway Royal train. Silver medal, Model Engineer Exhibition 1979