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13 January 2021

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 275

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13 January 2021

Hammer Price:
£300

Five: Sergeant G. Mills, Military Foot Police, late Metropolitan Police and Rifle Brigade

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (4797 Pte G. Mills. Rifle Brigade); 1914-15 Star (P-931 L-Cpl. G. Mills. M.F.P.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (P-931 Sjt. G. Mills. M.F.P.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. G. Mills.) mounted for display, generally very fine or better (5) £180-£220

M.I.D. London Gazette 10 July 1919.

George Mills was born in Godalming, Surrey in 1876. He served with the Rifle Brigade, and transferred to the Army Reserve in January 1904. Mills joined the Metropolitan Police in the same month, and served during the Great War with the Military Foot Police in the French theatre of war from 11 October 1915.