Imperial Service Medal. EDVII issue. Gentlemen's issue

Un-named as issued

The medal fitted with its original silk moire riband that is fitted with a white metal mounting bar complete with hinged pin & clasp fittings, as issued

Sold together with its black plush lined leatherette hinged case of issue, with makers logo for 'Elkington and Co Ltd' on inside silk panel. The outside upper lid of the case with the name of the medal in gilt tooled letting

The medal was established under the statutes of the Imperial Service Order, on 8 August 1902, by King Edward VII, with the first awards appearing in the London Gazette in May 1903

Some - but not all - overseas Dominions for example Australia, Canada & New Zealand, together with India (including Burma) and colony's in Ceylon and Straits Settlements (now Singapore and Malaya) were early subscribers (i.e., were making awards prior to 1910) of the award scheme of the Imperial Service Medal. All overseas awards of the EDVII issues of the Imperial Service Medal were similarly published in the London Gazette

As examples of pre-1910 early overseas awards of the Imperial Service Medal, see the below following colonial awards to recipients including those from Singapore and Trinidad that were published in the London Gazette issue of 25 June 1909:

- Ahmat bin Din, Postman, General Post Qffice,
Singapore, Straits Settlements
- Barratt, Thomas, Assistant Sanitary Inspector,
Public Health Department, Trinidad
- Christie, Walter, Foreman, Defence Stores,
Wellington, New Zealand
- Howell, William Henry, Chargeman of Shipwrights, Bermuda Dockyard
- McNab, John, Hospital Attendant, Department
of Public Works, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A choice example of this award, with all enamel intact and virtually pristine

Condition: EF

Code: 25793