Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant J. H. Browning, Royal Ulster Constabulary, late Metropolitan Police

Defence Medal; Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. J. Browning.); Jubilee 1935, the latter two mounted onto the recipient’s named Buckingham Palace certificate for the Silver Jubilee Medal 1935 and housed in a glazed display frame, the Defence Medal loose, very fine and better (3) £80-£120

John Henry Browning was born in Tottenham, Middlesex, on 14 May 1884, and joined the Metropolitan Police in 24 July 1905, having previously served with the Royal Garrison Artillery in India. He was promoted Sergeant on 13 January 1912, and resigned from the Metropolitan Police on 31 August 1917, having held the rank of Acting Inspector and served as Deputy Chief Warrant Officer at Bow Street Police Court. He joined the Royal Irish Constabulary on 11 June 1920, and served as Chief Clerk to the Divisional Commissioner, Munster No. 1 Division, for 18 months, before transferring to the Royal Ulster Constabulary on 13 May 1922.

Sold with original documentation regarding the recipient’s transfer to the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and other research, which indicates that he may have also received the 1937 Coronation Medal.