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Sold on 24 October 2014

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The Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals formed by the late Fred Rockwood

Frederick W Rockwood

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№ 705

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24 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£210

A Second World War period Indian Police Medal awarded to Superintendent R. C. Stokes, Orissa Police

Indian Police Medal, G.VI.R, for Meritorious Service (R. C. Stokes, I.P., Supdt. of Police, Orissa), good very fine £250-300

Richard Crosby Stokes, who was born in April 1910, entered the Indian Police as a Probationary Assistant Superintendent in Bihar & Orissa in November 1929, and was advanced to Officiating Superintendent in September 1933.