Auction Catalogue

5 & 6 June 2019

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Lot

№ 1207

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6 June 2019

Hammer Price:
£440

LONDON, Metropolitan Police, uniface oval ivory Carriage Pass, named (The Turkish Ambassador), charles warren the commissioner of police of the metropolis, 69 x 49mm, 15.31g (W –; D & W –). Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £240-£300

Sir Charles Warren, GCMG, KCB (1840-1927), Metropolitan Police Commissioner from March 1886 to December 1888, was, like his predecessor, an officer in the Royal Engineers, who saw action in the Middle East and South Africa and was recalled from the Sudan to take up his post in London. After the furore caused by the ‘Jack the Ripper’ murders in 1888 Warren tendered his resignation and subsequently resumed his military career but during the Boer War was heavily criticised for losing the newly-captured Spion Kop to the Boers in January 1900.

Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions