Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Corporal H. Seddon, West Yorkshire Regiment, later Commandant, West Riding Special Constabulary

Military Medal, G.V.R. (53665 Pte. H. Seddon. 2/W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (53665 Pte. H. Seddon. W. York. R.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, with 4 Additional Long Service Bars, dated 1941, 1945, 1953, and 1963 (Harold Seddon) mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, the Special Constabulary Medal lacking the additional award bars, generally very fine and better (6) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919.

Harold Seddon attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment on 15 November 1916, and served as a Lance-Corporal with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 26 February 1919, and subsequently served as Commandant of the West Riding Special Constabulary.

Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve; and a letter from the Chief Superintendent of the West Riding Constabulary, dated 18 December 1957.