Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain A. Cockerham, British South Africa Police

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (1440 Tpr. A. Cockerham. B.S.A. Police.) recipient’s initial neatly re-engraved; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. A. Cockerham.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, generally good very fine (3) £120-£160

Arthur Cockerham served as a Sergeant as part of the British South Africa Police contingent at the Coronation of H.M. King George V in 1911. The B.S.A. Police contingent comprised one Officer (Captain A. J. Tomlinson); five N.C.O.s (R.S.M. J. Blatherwick, C.S.M. F. G. Shettle; Sergeant Cockerham; and two Corporals); and nine Troopers.