Auction Catalogue

2 July 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 272

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2 July 2003

Hammer Price:
£2,200

A gold Kaisar-i-Hind and K.P.M. group of three awarded to Mr W. H. Luck, Deputy Inspector General for Sind, Bombay Police

Kaisar-I-Hind, E.VII.R., 1st class, gold, complete with top suspension brooch; India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Inspector W. H. Locke, Minbu Police) note spelling of surname; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (W. H. Luck, Dep. Insp. Gen. for Sind, Bombay Pol.) extremely fine and a scarce group (3) £1000-1200

Kaisar-i-Hind (1st Class) June 1902.

K.P.M.
London Gazette 1 January 1916.

Wilfrid Henry Luck joined the Indian Police Department on 11 July 1887, as Inspector of Police, Bombay. He was appointed Assistant Superintendent in November 1895, Superintendent in April 1901, and Principal of the Police Training School in March 1911. His final appointment was as Deputy Inspector-General of Police for Sind in March 1915, a position which he held until his retirement in May 1921.