Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 June 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 480

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£300

Pair: Police Constable P. Downing, Royal Irish Constabulary

Visit to Ireland 1900 (C., R.I.C.) lacks brooch bar; Visit to Ireland 1903 (C., R.I.C.) lacks brooch bar, some contact marks, fine (2) £120-160

Peter Downing, from Kerry, joined the Royal Irish Constabulary on 15 February 1896, aged 24 years, 10 months. He was initially posted to Meath and then to Dublin in 1908. He was discharged on the disbandment of the Force on 4 April 1922. Sold with some copied service details.