Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Police Constable G. Sparrow, Metropolitan Police

Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. G. Sparrow. Y. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. G. Sparrow. Y. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. G. Sparrow.) light contact marks, good very fine (3) £70-£90

George Sparrow was born in Chesterton, Cambridge, on 28 March 1872 and joined the Metropolitan Police on 18 December 1893. He served throughout his service with the Police in ‘Y’ Division, and retired to pension on 19 March 1919, after 25 years and 91 days’ service.