Moore-Anderson S.A.S.S.F.AMB.S.A.M.C.) British War and Victory Medals 1914-19, with M.I.D. Moore-Anderson, South African Forceġ914-15 Star (Capt. C.B.), mounted as worn, with somewhat discoloured original ribbons, the first with minor scratches to obverse, thus very fine or better (2) Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police, bronze (Robert Anderson. The fascinating and historically significant pair awarded to Sir Robert Anderson, K.C.B., LL.D., Metropolitan Police as Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Department, Anderson led the investigation into Jack the Ripper's murders and was the most senior police officer on the caseĪnderson's conduct during the 1888 'Whitechapel Murders' scare was highly controversial, his absence during much of the investigation provoking a public outcry he nevertheless led a thorough post-mortem of Mary Kelly's murder, wading through her blood at the murder scene and later claiming to know the Ripper's identityĮarlier in his career, Anderson managed the spy Thomas Beach during the height of the Fenian Raids he foiled a planned Fenian insurrection in Ireland and led a fledgling counter-terrorism unitĪnderson was also a prominent theologian and philosopher among his most devoted readers were William Ewart Gladstone, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Queen Victoria Raymond Blathwayt (1855-1935) on the achievements of Sir Robert Anderson, K.C.B., LL.D. ![]() 'Sir Robert Anderson is one of the men to whom the country, without knowing it, owes a great debt.' ![]() Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
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