Auction Catalogue

5 July 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 341

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5 July 2011

Hammer Price:
£600

Police, Colonial Police and Other Interesting Buttons. Including singles to Hove Police (small white metal lacking shank), Isle of Ely Constabulary (QVC large), Straits Police Force (small QVC silver plate for epaulette), Police Force Victoria (large QVC white metal backmark Stokes & Sons, P.O.P. Melb.), Tasmanian Police (medium size brass QVC), North West Mounted Police Canada (1 large 1 small QVC), Royal North West Mounted Police (1 small KC), B.S.A. Police (2 small variable patterns), Royal Irish Constabulary post-1902 (5 large and 5 further variable size), Burma Police (1 large brass KC), Guernsey Police (?) (1 large white metal), Gaol Department W.A. (Western Australia) (1 small brass QVC), Federation of Malaya Police (1 officer’s insignia comprising 1 plated collar badge, 5 medium and 5 small plated buttons, 6 large and 5 small rank stars), Irish Free State Police (2 large and 1 small white metal); other items include a rare George IV commemorative button for his visit to Scotland in 1822 showing the crown Royal cypher thistles the date and ‘This I’ll Defend’ (backmark Edinburgh 1822) gilt rubbed, Canadian Air Force (1 large KC white metal), Canada Militia (1 large, 1 small QVC white metal), Viceroy of Ireland (1 large mounted gilt), Royal Navy Flag Rank (2 large QVC examples), The Hong Kong Regiment (1 large gilt QVC), together with other interesting Victorian and Edwardian examples military and civilian, good overall condition (parcel) £150-250