The High Constables of Perth were formed in 1830 as a precursor to the police force we recognise today.
Their last policing job was in 1843, when they helped to quell a riot that broke out between Perth locals and soldiers stationed at the city’s barracks.
Today their role is ceremonial – royal visits, remembrance parades and other big occasions.
The High Constables were there for the proclamation of the accession of King Charles in Perth in 2022, and his mother 70 years before.
They attended the opening of Perth Royal Infirmary in 1914.
And they have been there when the Freedom of the City was bestowed on everyone from Winston Churchill to the Scottish women’s Olympic curling gold medal team.
The Perth group is one of four left in Scotland, and the only one outside Edinburgh.
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The rear of the medal is hallmarked Birmingham with date letter O for either 1913 or 1938. In original box in nice condition.
