Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Cyprus Military Police Long and Good Service Medal, G.V.R., crowned head bust (3381 Trooper Moustapha Hussein) good very fine and very rare £400-500

A total of only 61 of these medals were awarded, the list of all recipients being announced in The Cyprus Gazette of 18 October 1929. The medal was in use for just a few years until 1934 when it was replaced by the Colonial Police and Fire Brigades Long Service Medal. Sold with research including a copy of the relevant gazette and of an article on the medal by Alan Harfield.