Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

A rare M.V.O., K.P.M., Colonial Police M.S.M. group of six awarded to Commissioner R. G. Henderson, Bermuda Police, late Nigeria Police

The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘1610’; King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Comm. Robert G. Henderson, C.P.M., Nigeria Police); Defence and War Medals; Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Robert G. Henderson, Supt., Nigeria Police); Coronation 1953, the first with refixed upper crown and slightly loose centre-piece, otherwise good very fine (6) £700-900

M.V.O. London Gazette 15 December 1953 (Commissioner of Police, Bermuda)

K.P.M. London Gazette 5 June 1952 (Commisioner of Police, Nigeria).

Robert Gordon Henderson was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Police in Nigeria in 1929, gained advancement to Superintendent in 1944 and was awarded his Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 1947. Promoted to Assistant Commissioner in 1949, his final appointment in Nigeria was as ‘Commissioner of the Northern Region’, following which he became Commissioner of Police in Bermuda.