Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Oliver L. D.) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine £200-£300

Lawrence Donald Oliver was born in August 1901, and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Ottawa in August 1925. He spent his entire career with ‘K’ Division, serving at Kethbridge and Calgary amongst other detachments. Oliver advanced to Corporal in April 1940, and to Sergeant in November 1945. He retired in May 1949, and died in Calgary in October 1985.