Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Police Constable H. G. Lyon, East Sussex Constabulary, late Sergeant Military Mounted Police

1914-15 Star (P.1799. L-Cpl. H. G. Lyon. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (P-1799 Cpl. H. G. Lyon. M.M.P.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Netherlands, Kingdom, Gold Medal of the Order of the House of Orange, in 24 carat gold, with replacement silver ring suspension, mounted for display, generally nearly extremely fine, rare (5) £1,200-£1,600

Henry G. Lyon served during the Great War with the Military Mounted Police in the French theatre of war from 18 December 1915. After the war he joined the East Sussex Constabulary, and was serving as a Police Constable at the time of the Queen of Netherlands private visit to the United Kingdom in 1935. As a result of this visit the Queen authorised 8 awards to the police, including 4 Gold Medals - 2 to police officers stationed at Crieff, 1 at St. Fillans, and to Lyon, who was stationed at Balcombe.

The Gold Medal of the Order of the House of Orange was only made in gold between 1930-38.

Sold with the Netherland Legation transmittal letter for Gold Medal addressed to ‘Henry Lyon, Esq, Police Constable, East Sussex Constabulary, Balcombe’, dated 30 January 1936; and copied research.