Coronation and Jubilee Medals 694
Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. C. Backhurst. 1st. Div.); Coronation 1937 (2), one on lady’s bow riband, both with related miniature awards; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1404139 Gnr. E. W. I. Flanagan. R.A.), generally very fine and better (4)
£60-£80 695
Pair: Police Constable A. Cooper, 2nd (H.M. Dockyard Portsmouth) Division, Metropolitan Police Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. A. Cooper. 2nd Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. A. Cooper.) very fine (2)
A pair of miniature awards named to Police Constable J. Henty, 2nd (H.M. Dockyard Portsmouth) Division, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. J. Henty. 2nd Div.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. J. Henty. 2nd Div.) both contemporarily engraved, nearly extremely fine (4)
£80-£100
Alvin Cooper was born in Northampton in July 1876, and joined the Metropolitan Police in London in May 1891. He joined ‘A’ Division (Westminster), and served with them for a year before transferring to the 2nd (Portsmouth) Division. Cooper resigned 25 July 1926.
John Henty was born in Findon Washington, Sussex in October 1866, and joined the Metropolitan Police in London in July 1887. He joined ‘V’ Division (Wandsworth), and served with them for 6 months before transferring to the 2nd (Portsmouth) Division and serving with them for the remainder of his career. Henty resigned 13 July 1913, and was subsequently employed at H.M. Dockyard at the cost of the Admiralty.
Note: From 1860 to 1922, the Metropolitan Police were responsible for policing Woolwich Arsenal (1st Division), as well as H.M. Dockyards Portsmouth (2nd Division), Devonport (3rd Division), Chatham (4th Division), Pembroke (5th Division), and, from 1916, Rosyth (6th Division).
Sold with copied research. 696 Pair: Police Constable R. Gibson, Scottish Police
Visit to Scotland 1903 (P.C., R. Gibson.) lacking integral top thistle riband bar; Coronation 1911, Scottish Police (P.C., R. Gibson.) light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (2)
£100-£140 697 Family Group: Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C., W. Sparks.) light contact marks, good very fine
Three: Police Inspector C. E. Sparks Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Police L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R. (Inspr. Charles E. Sparks) mounted as worn, good very fine (4)
£80-£120 698 699 700 Coronation 1911, Police Ambulance Service (Mildred Taylor.) good very fine and scarce to a female recipient £400-£500
Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Nurs. Sister Miss M. Chambers.) light scratch to obverse field, good very fine
£100-£140
Jubilee 1935 (2), one unnamed as issued, the other privately engraved ‘Major H. J. Harvey R.T.C.’; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 2002 (2), both unnamed as issued, one in card box of issue, good very fine and better (5) £70-£90
701
Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt. J.
Mc.Callum. R.A.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (2), G.V.R., 1st issue (Hungerford Eardley Wilmot);
G.VI.R., 1st issue (James L. Hares); Sierra Leone General Service Medal, bronze, unnamed as issued; together with the related miniature award for the last, generally good very fine and better (7)
£80-£120 x702
Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (4028825 W.O. Cl.2. A. Horton. K.S.L.I.); Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6143017 Sigmn. G. J. Smart. R. Sigs.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (William N. Harrison); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, edge bruise to EM, otherwise good very fine or better (6)
£70-£90
Sold together with a riband bar comprising the ribands of the Military Cross, 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, and Defence Medal; and a Royal Artillery cap badge.
703 Three: Police Constable H. Otterburn, Gateshead Police
Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Police L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R. (Const. Henry Otterburn); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension (19500. Pte. H. Otterburn. Gateshead Police Dvn. 1938); together with 13 bars for the St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Cross, for the years 1915-18, 1921-26, and 1928-30 inclusive, all silver, and all numbered ‘143249’ on reverse, edge nicks to first, the Police Medal in need of cleaning, otherwise nearly very fine and better (3)
£60-£80
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