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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 405

A Great War M.S.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant Arthur Ernest Peachey, Military Foot Police

British War and Victory Medals (P-2266 A. Sjt. A. E. Peachey. M.F.P.); Jubilee Police Medal 1897, Metropolitan Police Issue (Athur Ernest Peachey.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police issue (Arthur Ernest Peachey.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police issue (A. E. Peachey.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (P-2266 Pte - L. Cpl - A. Sjt. - A. E. Peachey . M. F. P.), good very fine (6)

M.S.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918

Arthur Ernest Peachey served with the Metropolitan Police during the reigns of Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V. Following the outbreak of the First World War he joined the Military Foot Police with the rank of Acting Sergeant. While in this role he served with the British Army in East Africa, winning the Meritorious Service Medal in the process. With the end of hostilities he returned to civilian life, resuming his service with the Metropolitan Police on 10 February 1919. Arthur Peachey died in 1951; sold together with copied M.I.C. and copied research including London Gazette entries.

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Sold for
£500

Starting price
£160

Sale 21001 Notices
Jubilee Police Medal 1897 and Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police issue, both unofficially impressed