Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A K.P.M. awarded to Deputy Chief Constable O. Robotham, Berkshire Constabulary

King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Oliver Robotham. Dep. Ch. Const. Berks. Constab.) with original pin, in fitted case of issue, embossed ‘O Robotham Presented by H.M. King George V. February 23 1911’, edge bruise, contact marks, very fine £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Royal Berkshire Collection.

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Oliver Robotham was born in Stepney, London on 10 August 1848 and appears in the 1871 census as a Police Constable in the City of London, and in the 1881 census as a Police Officer and Housekeeper, living in Cannon Street, City of London. He subsequently served with the Abingdon Borough Police as a Superintendent, and was later appointed Deputy Chief Constable on the establishment of the Berkshire Constabulary. He was awarded the King’s Police Medal in 1910, which was presented to him by H.M. the King in February 1911. He died, aged 66, on 10 December 1914.