Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: District Inspector G. H. Mercer, Royal Irish Constabulary

Visit to Ireland 1903 (D.I. G. H. Mercer. R.I.C.) complete with shamrock top suspension brooch; Visit to Ireland 1911 (D.I. G. H. Mercer. R.I.C.); together with the related miniature medals, these without ribands and the first lacking shamrock suspension, nearly extremely fine (4) £600-£800

‘On Thursday, 17th May, 1917, at the Royal Irish Constabulary Depot, in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, ninety officers and men of the Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police were presented with certificates of honour for their conspicuous service in the suppression of the rebellion of 1916. The presentation was made by Sir Maurice Dockrell, on behalf of the Irish Police and Constabulary Recognition Fund. The certificate was designed by Mr. Richard Orpen, R.H.A., of the Royal Hibernian Academy, It was worded thus:-

Presented in recognition of service to the state during the Sinn Fein Rebellion of 1916 by the Executive of the Irish Police and Constabulary Recognition Fund.

Each certificate was neatly framed and signed by the Earl of Meath, President of the Committee. Along with the certificate of his honour each of the policemen was given £5 scrip of the War Loan. The officers did not receive this monetary award.’

The name of District Inspector G. H. Mercer is listed under the heading ‘R.I.C. Office’. In June 1918, Mercer was appointed Resident Magistrate at Ennistymon, County Clare. Sold with some copied research.