Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Constable R. McEwen, Hong Kong Police Force

Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Police Constable R. McEwen.) fitted with replacement silver scroll suspension and ornately engraved clasp; Hong Kong Police Force Merit Medal, G.V.R., silver, the reverse engraved ‘2nd Class’, otherwise unnamed, together with an unidentified Chinese War Lord medal, the first very fine, the second extremely fine and rare (3) £3,000-£3,600

Approximately 35 Hong Kong Plague medals are thought to have been awarded to the Inspectors, Sergeants and Constables of the Hong Kong Police, for their assistance during the outbreak of bubonic plague which broke out in the colony on 5 May 1894.