Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Police Constable J. E. Livesey, Liverpool City Police

Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal (2), silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1950), reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by Watch Committee to Con. 184. A. J. E. Livesey 13-8-44’, with integral silver top riband bar; another, bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by Watch Committee 13th Aug. 1939’, and edge engraved ‘Con: 184 “A” John Edward Livesey.’, with integral bronze top riband bar; Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society General Medal, bronze (To P.C. 184.A Jno. Ed. Livesey for Meritorious Service, 6th May 1921), with integral bronze top riband buckle; Royal Life Saving Society Medal, bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘Awarded to J. E. Livesey Oct. 1923’; St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘257299 John E. Livesey’, good very fine and better (5) £240-280

John Edward Livesey was awarded his Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society General Medal in bronze for stopping a runaway horse attached to a cart in Bold Street, Liverpool, on 6 May 1921.

Sold together with a modern reproduction Liverpool Police helmet badge.