Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Petty Officer 1st Class E. Townsend, Royal Navy, later Police Constable, Metropolitan Police

China 1900, no clasp (E. Townsend, P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Alacrity.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C., E. Townsend. P. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. E. Townsend.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £200-£300

Approximately 87 no clasp China Medals awarded to H.M.S. Alacrity.

E. Townsend served with the Royal Navy during the Boxer Rebellion, and subsequently as a Police Constable with Camberwell Division, Metropolitan Police Force.