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20 September 2002
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Three: Private James B. Carpenter, 9th Lancers Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (9th Lancers); Punjab 1848-492 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (9th Lancers); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (9th Lancers) all fitted with ornately engraved silver ribbon buckles, together with original Royal Hospital Chelsea letter (1865) addressed to ‘James Beckett Carpenter, late 9th Lancers, Invalid Convict Prison, Knapp hill, near Woking, Surrey’ transmitting 2nd...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A fine London Blitz George Medal pair awarded to Police Constable Charles Mann, “L” Division, Metropolitan Police, later killed whilst on active service with the Royal Air Force George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Charles George Tone Mann); War Medal 1939-45, together with original Membership Certificate for The Royal Society of St George, dated 10 December 1941, extremely fine (2) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,500
A fine George Medal pair awarded to War Reserve Constable Albert Garrard, Metropolitan Police, for saving life during an air raid on East Ham in January 1943 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Albert William Garrard); Defence Medal, the first lightly polished, otherwise good very fine (2) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,400
A good George Medal group of three awarded to Constable Sydney Darby, Metropolitan Police, for gallantry in arresting an armed and dangerous man George Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Sydney Darby); Defence Medal; Police Exemplary Service Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (Const.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £600-800
Seven: Chief Detective Inspector P. J. Smith, Scotland Yard, late Royal Fusiliers and Army Intelligence Corps, one of the so-called ‘Hush-Hush Brigade’ 1914 Star, with clasp (R-F-14814 Sjt., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (GS-14814 A.W.O. Cl.1, R. Fus.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.); Jubilee 1935; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (14314 Sjt.-A.C.S. Mjr., 10/R. Fus.); The Royal Victorian Medal, Silver, G.V.R., unnamed as...
Hammer Price: £1,300
Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia, Kabul (1800 Pte. J. Harris, 9th Lancers) extremely fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £2,200
Three: Sergeant C. Clement, Cape Mounted Rifles Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Pte., C.M. Rifn.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (236 Serjt., Cape M.R.); Cape of Good Hope L.S. & G.C., V.R. (2/Cl. Sgt., C.M. Rif.) very fine or better, the last scarce (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £750
An interesting K.P.M. group of four awarded to Superintendent Frank Froest, Metropolitan Police, later executive head of the C.I.D. at Scotland Yard, who made a remarkable trip to South America to apprehend a British financier accused of corruption Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.S., A Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (Insp., C.O. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (Supt.); King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Frank Castle Froest, Supt., Met....
Pair: Police Fireman J. B. Graham, Stockport Fire Brigade The Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type (1892-1901) silver medal (John Balfour Graham, Stockport, 5th November 1902) fitted with silver ribbon buckle; The Fire Brigade Association, gold medal, the reverse hallmarked Birmingham 1902, 18 carat, and inscribed ‘John Balfour Graham, Police Fire Brigade, Stockport. Rescuing 26 Lives by horse escape from fifth floor, Vernon Mills, Guy Fawkes Day 1902’, fitted with...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A K.P.M. awarded to Police Constable R. G. Wilson, Metropolitan Police, for gallantry during a daylight Air Raid on London in July 1917 King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Robert George Wilson, Const. Met. Police) extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £980
A Gallantry K.P.M. group of five awarded to Police Sergeant Thomas Kenwood, Metropolitan Police, late Gunner, Royal Artillery, for saving a woman from drowning in the River Thames at night King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, crowned head (P.C. Thomas J. Kenwood, Metropolitan Police); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (1044023 Gnr., R.A.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953; Police Exemplary Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Sergt.) very fine (5) £500-600
Hammer Price: £720
Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire 1844, 2nd type (1844-1850’s) silver medal (Presented at the Anniversary Meeting May 14, 1849. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor Sir James Duke, M.P., in the chair to Charles Smith, 240 G. Div. for his persevering & intrepid conduct at the fire on the Holborn Hill May 5, 1848 where by the valuable afsistance rendered to the Society’s fire escape conductors the lives of six persons were rescued’, fitted with ring suspension, good very fine and...
A Gallantry reverse K.P.M. group of three awarded to Detective Constable Leslie Robinson, Hull City Police, who was originally recommended for the George Cross for bravely attempting to restrain a violent seaman armed with a knife King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, ‘For Gallantry’ reverse (Leslie W. Robinson, Det. Constable, Kingston-upon-Hull City Police 16/2/45); Defence Medal; Police Exemplary Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Const.) good very fine (3) £450-550
Hammer Price: £950
Three: Sergeant F. A. T. Davis, South African Police, late Southern Rhodesia Volunteers British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (Tpr., B.F.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking (226 Serjt., S. Rhod. Vols.); South African Police L.S. & G.C. (No. 649 (F) 1/C. Sergeant) contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £450-550
Hammer Price: £580
Pair: Private E. H. Evezard, Cape Mounted Rifles South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (Pte., No. 6 Tp. C.M. Rifles); Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 2 clasps, Transkei, Basutoland (Pte., C.M. Rif.) toned, good very fine (2) £450-500
Hammer Price: £490
A Gallantry reverse K.P.M. pair awarded to Police Constable Thomas Haynes, Metropolitan Police, for saving a woman from the path of two runaway horses King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, crowned head, ‘For Gallantry’ reverse (P.C. Thomas J. Haynes, Metropolitan Police); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.) very fine (2) £400-500
A B.E.M. group of six awarded to Police Constable Wilfrid Wilkins, Metropolitan Police, for courage in arresting armed criminals, later a temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army and Chief of Police and Fire Services for St Vincent in the West Indies British Empire Medal (Civil) G.V.R. (Wilfred I. R. Wilkins); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Italy Star; Defence & War Medals, together with companion set of miniature medals, good very fine (12) £400-500
Hammer Price: £420
A fine London Blitz B.E.M. group of six awarded to Chief Inspector Ernest Newark, Metropolitan Police, late Seaforth Highlanders British Empire Medal (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ernest Walter Newark); British War and Victory Medals (S-9341 Pte., Seaforth); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937; Police Exemplary Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Ch. Inspr.) very fine or better (6) £400-500
Hammer Price: £460
Four: Police Constable John Bennett, Metropolitan Police, late Royal Artillery Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ali Musjid, Kandahar (1649 Gunr., 11/9th Bde. R.A.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1849 Gunner, 11th Battery 9th Bde. R.A.); Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C., S. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C., S. Div.) light pitting from star, otherwise better than very fine (4) £400-450
Five: Police Sergeant H. E. Watts, Metropolitan Police, late Rifle Brigade Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4107 Pte., 2/R. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (4107 Pte., Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4107 Pte., Rifle Brigade); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.S.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (4107 Pte., 2/R. Bde.) together with Metropolitan Police struck silver...
Hammer Price: £900
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Police Constable Henry Evans, Voted 2nd Feby. 1882) good very fine and rare to a policeman £400-450
A K.P.M. awarded to Police Constable Frank Bryant, Metropolitan Police, who gallantly rescued an armed lunatic from drowning and subsequently died from his injuries King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Frank Bryant, Const. Met. Police) in its original presentation case, extremely fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £520
Four: Inspector Joseph Brooks, Metropolitan Police, late Connaught Rangers South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (39 Sergt., 88th Foot); Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C., N. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (Insp., L. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (Insp.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (4) £350-400
Hammer Price: £600
Three: Constable John Scully, Royal Irish Constabulary Visit to Ireland 1900 (C., R.I.C.) complete with Shamrock top suspension; Visit to Ireland 1903 (C., R.I.C.) complete with Shamrock top suspension; The Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type (1892-1901) silver medal (John Scully, R.I.C., Coalisland, 19th October 1909) the first two lightly polished, otherwise good very fine (3) £350-400
Hammer Price: £550
Pair: Private J. Doyle, 9th Lancers Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (1577 Pte., 9th Lancers); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1577 Private, 9th Lancers) some contact marks from star, otherwise good very fine (2) £350-400
Hammer Price: £680
Pair: Private A. Eyre, Cape Mounted Rifles and British South Africa Police Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Pte., C.M. Rifn.); British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (Troopr., B.S.A. Police) some light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine (2) £350-400
Hammer Price: £500
A scarce O.B.E. Medal group of three awarded to Sergeant George Tapp, Metropolitan Police, who had previously served in the Matabeleland Relief Force and taken part in the historic Jameson Raid Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Civil), unnamed as issued; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896 (Sergt., Matabeleland R.F.) a later replacement medal, bruising over rank; Special Constabulary Medal, G.V.R., clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Sergt. George R. Tapp)...
A Gallantry B.E.M. group of three awarded to Chief Inspector Alec Eist, Metropolitan Police, an officer with numerous commendations who was later branded as one of the most corrupt Flying Squad officers of his era British Empire Medal (Civil) E.II.R., with silver Gallantry oak leaves (Alexander Antont Eist) in its Royal Mint case of issue; War Medal 1939-45; Police Exemplary Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (P.S. (1st Cl. C.I.D.)), together with named Buckingham Palace letter, Police...
A K.P.M. group of three awarded to Police Constable Michael Barry, Metropolitan Police, for gallantry in saving life from fire King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Michael Barry, Const. Met. Police); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C., L Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £430
A K.P.M. pair awarded to Police Constable Sidney Ryall, Metropolitan Police, for gallantry in arresting a burglar King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sidney Ryall, Const. Met. Police); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.) good very fine (2) £300-350
A K.P.M. group of four awarded to Police Sergeant Thomas Ravening, Metropolitan Police, for gallantry in stopping a runaway horse King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Thomas Ravening, Const. Met. Police); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, good very fine (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £470
A K.P.M. pair awarded to Sub-Divisional Inspector C. H. O. Smithers, Metropolitan Police, for rescuing two men from drowning in the River Thames King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Cecil Smithers, Sergt. Met Police); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.) good very fine (2) £300-350
A K.P.M. pair awarded to Police Sergeant R. Bird, Metropolitan Police, for gallantry in arresting an armed burglar who had just shot two policemen King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Royal Bird, Sergt. Metropolitan Police); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.) very fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £450
A K.P.M. awarded to Police Constable Bertram Allison, Metropolitan Police, for the arrest of an armed housebreaker King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Bertram Allison, Pol. Const. Metropolitan Pol.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £300-350
A K.P.M. awarded to Police Constable Edward Geer, Metropolitan Police, for bravely stopping a runaway horse after an enterprising motor cycle pursuit King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (P.C. E. Geer, Metropolitan Pol.) good very fine £300-350
A K.P.M. group of three awarded to Police Constable Henry Lovegrove, Metropolitan Police, late Private, East Kent Regiment, for courageous conduct in stopping a runaway horse King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (P.C. Henry Lovegrove, Metropolitan Police); British War and Victory Medals (G-15014 Pte., E. Kent R.) good very fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £620
Liverpool City Police Order of Merit 1851, silver, with 3 bars (Thomas L. Quick, Chief Superintendent, South Division) good very fine and rare £300-350
Three: Police Sergeant John Danzey, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C., T. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.S., J. Div.); The Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 4th type (1892-1901) bronze medal (John Danzey, 22nd December 1899) polished, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £390
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (Capt. C. Fischer, German Vol. Rif.) some edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £410
Pair: Private W. Philpot, Prince Alfred Guard Rifle Volunteers South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (Pte., P.A.G. Rifle Vols.); Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Pte., P.A.V.G.) good very fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £350
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