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THE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE MEDAL GOOD STARTING POINT FOR NEW COLLECTORS

he Special Constabulary Long Service Medal is one example of an official medal and was initially authorised in 1919 to mark unpaid service as a part-time police officer in the First World War. The medal is awarded for nine years service but war service counted as treble. So officers who completed at least three years service and

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