Edward VII Imperial Service Medal. Original award certificate & ephemera. Thomas Toby. 1st Devonshire Recipient of ISM. Postman. Ottery, St Mary
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A boxed king Edward v11 Imperial Service Medal ( star ) in its original fitted Elkington case and on an Elkington brooch, this Medal is unnamed as awardedto Thomas .
A rare original home office certificate of awarded of Imperial Service Medal for services in postal service dated 10th August 1906 .
A cutting from newspaper about the funeral of Thomas Toby stating he was the 1st man in Devon to be awarded the Imperial Service Medal and one of the 1st in the country .
A prayer book that belonged to Thomas and is inscribed to him and dated 1859.
Also a typed history of Thomas’s life from birth on Christmas day and 1844 at Mill St Ottery St Mary until his death at Mill St Ottery St Mary on 18th January 1914 .
