Family group:

Pair: Sergeant A. Wain, Metropolitan Police
Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police issue, bronze (P.C. A. Wain, T Divn.), in its original named card box of issue; Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police issue, bronze (P.S. A. Wain, H. Div.), together with an old brass name plaque engraved, ‘Sergeant Wain’, good very fine or better

Five: Staff Sergeant A. Wain, Royal Army Medical Corps
1914-15 Star (19086 S. Sjt. A. Wain, R.A.M.C.), renamed; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (19086 S. Sjt. A. Wain, R.A.M.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (7245443 S. Sjt. A. Wain, R.A.M.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (19086 S. Sjt. A. Wain, R.A.M.C.), mounted as worn, together with his named Corps of Commissionaires Order of Merit, 1st class, silver and enamel, very fine or better (9) £350-400

Arthur Wain joined the Metropolitan Police in April 1884, and served in ‘T’ Division, and latterly ‘H’ Division, prior to his death in service in March 1907.

His son, also Arthur, was awarded the M.S.M. in respect of his services in Murmansk Command, Russia (London Gazette 3 January 1920 refers); sold with copied research, including a railway modelling article with a picture of the recipient in his Corps of Commissionaires’ uniform and an article about the R.A.M.C’s work in Murmansk 1919-20. As verified by his MIC entry, Wain was not entitled to the 1914-15 Star.