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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 356

Three: Inspector E. J. Harper, Shanghai Municipal Police, late Merchant Navy

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Edward J. Harper); Shanghai Municipal Council Emergency Medal 1937, bronze, unnamed as issued, traces of verdigris, very fine (2)

Edward John Harper was born at Aberdeen on 18 June 1890 and served in the Mercantile Marine during the Great War. His Medals were issued to the Shanghai Municipal Police, whom he joined in 1924. Harper was advanced Segeant in 1926 and was an Inspector by 1939. He resigned in order to start business in Australia with John Smith and Angus Turner; sold together with his riband bar and copied research.

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Sold for
£1,200

Starting price
£210