Auction Catalogue

16 December 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

Lot

№ 720

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£220

Four: Constable G. Smith, Metropolitan Police, late 6th Dragoons

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (5038 Pte., 6/Drgns.); Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C., W Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C., W Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.), mounted Court style as worn, good very fine (4) £90-120

George Horace Smith was born on 6 December 1872. He served with the 1st Royal Dragoons between 1889 and 1896 before joining the Metropolitan Police in 1897, he was however recalled to the colours for service in South Africa. Smith retired with a pension in 1922.