Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Police Sergeant C. Atkin, ‘A’ (Whitehall) Division, Metropolitan Police

Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C., C. Atkins. [sic] L. Divn.); Jubilee 1897, bronze (P.S. C. Atkin, “A” Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.S. C. Atkin. A. Div.); Coronation 1902, bronze, reverse engraved ‘P.S. C. Atkin A. Division.’; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, Gold Medal of the Order, silver-gilt, mounted for display, with named Buckingham Palace Permission to Wear document, dated 24 July 1911, generally good very fine, and scarce (6) £700-£900

Charles Atkin was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire in January 1866. He initially joined ‘L’ Division, Metropolitan Police in February 1887, before transferring to ‘A’ (Whitehall) Division in December 1895. The latter handled all of the big ceremonial occasions in the Capital, as well as being responsible for the protection of the Monarch and the Royal Family when resident at Buckingham Palace. Atkin advanced to Sergeant, and was discharged to pension in March 1912. In later life he resided at “Melrose”, Avenue Road, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire.

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