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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 754

(x) A very fine 'Palestine 1945' Colonial Police Forces M.S.M. group of five awarded to Acting Superintendent J. W. Covell, Palestine Police

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (883 B.Conat. W. J. Covell. Pal. Police.), rivet missing between the clasps; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (A.S.P. W. J. Covell.); Colonial Police Forces Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (William J. Covell. 1st Br. Sgt. Palestine Police), contact marks and edge bruise, very fine overall (5)

C.P.M. for Meritorious Service London Gazette 14 June 1945.

William John Covell joined the Palestine Police on 27 August 1938 and served initially as Constable with the number 883. Notably he largely served with the Prisons Section of the Force, he died at Bournemouth on 9 November 1973; sold together with copied research.

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£210