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Auction: 5019 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 111

An O.B.E., K.P.M. Group of Five to Chief Constable J. Billings, Metropolitan Police, Who Unusually in His Day Rose through the Ranks from the Lowest to One of the Highest Positions in the Force Order of the British Empire, Officer´s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, Civil Division, 1st Type; King´s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st ´Coinage Head´ Type (James Billings. O.B.E. Ch. Const. Metropolitan Police); Jubilee (Police) 1887, with 1897 clasp (PC, J. Billings A. Divn.); Coronation (Police) 1902, bronze (Insp. J. Billings. Y. Div.); Coronation (Police) 1911 (Ch. Insp. J. Billings.), good very fine (5) Estimate £ 650-700O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1925 K.P.M. London Gazette 1.1.1927 Chief Constable James Billings, O.B.E., K.P.M., joined the Metropolitan Police as Constable 16.7.1883; promoted Sergeant 31.3.1892, Inspector 5.9.1898, Chief Inspector 28.6.1905, Superintendent 1.9.1919; Retired as Chief Constable (the equivalent in today´s police of Assistant Commissioner) 30.4.1927.

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