Shanghai Municipal Police Medal 1923 - 1943

HKGwailo

Has anyone seen this medal for sale or in a collection in China ?
This medal was for Police bravery in Shanghai between 1923 and 1943.
First Class in silver and 2nd Class in Bronze.

   

celtic_coin

I have seen this kind of medal in an auction of Morton and Eden. The photo you posted is actually a long services medal.

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Similar medals are sold in Morton and Eden, Catalogue 102, lot 1747, lot 1748 and lot 1749 (group lot).

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If you keep an eye on medal auctions of London auction houses, you will find one for sale.

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A collection of Shanghai Municipal Police Medals can be valuable. For example, Spink sold a group of Shanghai Municipal Police medals for 8500 GBP.

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https://www.spink.com/lot/18003000516

祖传的钱币

上海工部局警务处的奖章，有趣的。

HKGwailo

This medal has 'For Distinguished Conduct' on the reverse and is much rarer than the Long Service Medal which says 'For Long Service' on the reverse. The Long Service Medal was always in silver.  

HKGwailo

celtic_coin 发表于 2021-2-24 18:15
Similar medals are sold in Morton and Eden, Catalogue 102, lot 1747, lot 1748 and lot 1749 (group lo ...

Hi Celtic-Coin
Lots 1747, 1748, and 1749 in Morton & Eden Cat. 102 are all 'Long Service' medals and not 'Distinguished Conduct' medals. If I am correct the last time a 'Distinguished Conduct' medal appeared in auction in UK was DNW in 1996 and in the US Stering Auction in 2015.   
Only 220+ officers received this medal - mostly Chinese, whilst 1000's received the 'Long Service' medal.   

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HKGwailo 发表于 2021-2-26 09:01
Hi Celtic-Coin
Lots 1747, 1748, and 1749 in Morton & Eden Cat. 102 are all 'Long Service' medals a ...

Indeed. The photo is not clear, and I was having a brief look. 8 foreign people was awarded the first class medal, and only a total of  223 medals (first class cand second class) were awarded.

HKGwailo

celtic_coin 发表于 2021-2-26 18:21
Indeed. The photo is not clear, and I was having a brief look. 8 foreign people was awarded the fi ...

Yes - 8 to Western officers, 1 to a Japanese, and 1 to an Indian.
I am trying to find out the name / rank of the Indian Officer who got the 1st Class medal.
Do you have any idea ?
I am also looking for a list of the medal winners in 1941 (both 1st and 2nd Class)

正義小蔡

Based on the ribbon colours, it appears to be No.348 in the catalogue (second class in bronze). I don't think there is a published roll of recipients for the Shanghai medals.

HKGwailo

傑姆仕 发表于 2021-2-27 12:06
Based on the ribbon colours, it appears to be No.348 in the catalogue (second class in bronze). I do ...

No. 348 in which catalogue ?
I have a list of all the recipients except for the year 1941.
The Shanghai Municipal Council Annual Report for 1941 should have the list but I do  not have this Annual Report.   

正義小蔡

With all my respect

HKGwailo

傑姆仕 发表于 2021-2-28 05:11
With all my respect

The story on Sikhs of Shanghai was posted there by me. It is one of the stories from my Facebook Group page called Shanghai Municipal Police 1854 - 1943   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ ... neric&ref=notif

正義小蔡

I see, many thanks for all those information