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Auction: 26001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 268

A 1943 C.P.M. for Gallantry group of four awarded to Sergeant T. A. Stevens, Palestine Police

Colonial Police Medal, G.VI.R., with for Gallantry riband (Sgt. Thomas A. Stevens. Palestine Police Force.), officially engraved naming; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (336 T.2 B.Sjt. T. A. Stephens. Pal. Police.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (4)

C.P.M. London Gazette 28 January 1944:

'In recognition of gallant conduct in the Galilee District on 14th September 1943.'

Thomas Arthur Stevens was also wounded in the action that earned his C.P.M. for Gallantry whilst '...attempting to apprehend "absconding offenders"' as per Hansard of 22 September 1943. The Palestine Post of 30 January 1944 confirms the award for Gallantry, together with a Bar to the C.P.M. for Inspector Adams, when they '...raided the hiding-place of a dangerous armed offender who desperately resisted the police. Two police were wounded and the offender was killed.'

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£750