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# Lichfield worker’s rare gallantry medal sells for £10,000 at auction
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-workers-rare-gallantry-medal-sells-for-10000-at-auction/
- Published: 2013-04-25T07:30:36.000Z
- Updated: 2013-04-24T14:20:11.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:24, News

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Arthur Ecclestone’s Albert Medal

A Lichfield railway worker’s gallantry medal has sold for more than £10,000 at auction.

Arthur Eccleshall won his Albert Medal in 1908 after he lifted a child clear of a train approaching Bushbury Station.

His medal went under the hammer at the Wolverhampton Auction Room, with bidding eventually finishing at £10,030.

The price was pushed up as only 290 Albert Medals were ever handed out – and many were traded in for a George Cross in 1971.

Ben Gamble, head auctioneer at Cuttlestones, said: “We’ve always had high hopes for this lot.

“Not only is it a very rare medal in its own right but the provenance – which is so important to collectors – is phenomenal and this is one occasion where our original estimate of between £4,000-£5,000 was well and truly shattered!”