Hall which lies immediately behind the Art Gallery, and 

 extends backwards to the Dental Laboratory of the University. 

 The total area of the site is about 1,700 square yards. 



The importance of securing additional space cannot be 

 over-estimated, as it will now be possible to make, at some 

 future date, a much-needed extension of the Wills Art Gallery 

 building. 



During December, 1914, the Chairman, Alderman J. 

 Fuller Eberle, placed on loan in the Museum his collection of 

 medals of the Gloucestershire Regiment (the old 28th and 

 61st), his collection of medals of the Somersetshire Light 

 Infantry, an almost complete collection of medals dating 

 from the battle of Dunbar, 1650, down to the South 

 African War of 1900-02, and a fourth series of groups of 

 medals won by individual soldiers. The whole series fills 

 two large cases in the Central Hall, and includes about 600 

 examples. 



Many of these medals possess a special history, or were 

 won under circumstances of exceptional endurance and 

 bravery ; whilst amongst the groups of medals are some 

 which were worn by " Bristol Crimean and Mutiny Veterans," 

 who have passed to their rest. 



The thousands of young men who joined the ranks in 

 Bristol and took up their early drill and instruction here, were 

 invited, by printed cards placed in their recreation rooms 

 and drill halls, to visit what proved to be an inspiring and 

 stimulating exhibition. 



The silver casket containing a copy of the letters patent 

 conferring the Lord Mayoralty on the City of Bristol, 21st 

 June, 1899, presented to the late Sir Herbert Ashman, Bart., 

 9th Nov., 1914, and bequeathed by him to the City, is now 

 in a case in the Central Hall. 



