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

№ 1046

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£140

City of Exeter Police Medal for Long Service and Efficiency, 2 clasps (loose) Twenty Two Years, Twenty Seven Years, 36mm., silver, with faint hallmarks for Birmingham 1936, extremely fine £120-160

See Colour Plate I.

Instituted by the Exeter Corporation in 1928 to reward members of the police force who ‘were zealous and efficient in the discharge of their duties’ for a period of 17 years. Bars were issued for further 5 years service. The medal was discontinued in 1939.