AWAED FOR GALLANTRY.
THE KING'S POLICE MEDAL.
NEW ZEALAND RECIPIENTS.
TWO WANGANUrCONiSTABLES
[BT TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
WELLINGTON. Monday.
For the gallantry they displayed ; in arresting armed burglars at Wanganui on May 8, 1921, Constables J. O'Donoghue and R. J. Wilson are to have the King's police medal publicly presented to them at Wanganui to-morrow evening by the Minister for Justice, Sir Francis Bell. King Edward VIL instituted the medal in 1909 for award to members of the constabulary forces and fire brigades throughout the Dominions and in territories under his protection or jurisdiction in recognition of special and exceptional service, heroism, or devotion to duty. .Th. decoration is much prized because it is so seldom awarded. Previously only one officer of the New Zealand police force, Mr. John Culien, who retired from the post of commissioner a few years ago, had been granted the distinction. The medal is circular and is of silver. The King and Queen's effigies appears on the obverse and on the reverse is a design emblematic of protection from danger. The riband is dark blue with a narrow silver stripe on each side. ■< Constables O'Donoghue and Wilson, though unarmed, Entered a building, in the dark and arrested two armed criminals after an exciting encounter in which shots were fired.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18411, 29 May 1923, Page 8
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212AWAED FOR GALLANTRY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18411, 29 May 1923, Page 8
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