A potentially interesting Royal Humane Society Proficiency in Swimming Medal and City and Guilds of London Technical Education Technical Examination Prize Medal pair to John Shelley Hall. As a pupil at Forest School in Walthamstow, he was awarded the Royal Humane Society Proficiency in Swimming Medal in 1905, and he then went on to be awarded a City and Guilds of London Technical Education Technical Examination Prize Medal for obtaining the second prize in brewing in 1908. He later became a brewer.
Royal Humane Society Proficiency in Swimming Medal, silver, obverse engraved: ‘Forest School, Walthamstow 1905.’ and rim engraved: ‘J. S. HALL.’, this housed in its Elkington & Co fitted presentation case.
City and Guilds of London Technical Education Technical Examination Prize Medal, bronze, rim engraved: ‘JOHN SHELLEY HALL, BREWING, 2ND: PRIZE EQ. 1908.), housed in its John Pinches fitted presentation case.
Condition: Extremely Fine.
John Shelley Hall was a pupil at Forest School in Walthamstow when in 1905 he was awarded the Royal Humane Society Proficiency in Swimming Medal. He then went on to be awarded a City and Guilds of London Technical Education Technical Examination Prize Medal for obtaining the second prize in brewing in 1908. Hall went on to work as a brewer.
