The June edition of the OMRS Journal will be available soon. Members must ensure their email and/or postal address details are up to date in order to receive it.
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James Kemp’s Gold award and Members Choice winning exhibit goes online. After winning the Members’ Choice Award for a third time James Kemp kindly agreed to convert his exhibit into a format suitable for the website. Click here to see it.
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The June edition of the OMRS Journal is now available. Members must ensure their email and address details are up to date in order to receive it.
To check your membership details log into the Members’ Area, or if you have forgotten your details contact the Membership Secretary at Membership on the Contact page.
The March Edition of the OMRS Journal is now available. Members must ensure their email and address details are up to date in order to receive it.
To check your membership details log into the Members’ Area, or if you have forgotten your details contact the Membership Secretary at Membership on the Contact page.
The OMRS announces a new publication: Queensland Police Bravery Merit Medal 1906-1917 by Chris Fagg OAM
Little was known about the rare Queensland Police Bravery Merit Medal when Chris Fagg began to research it in the mid-1980s. Three decades of painstaking work by Fagg, a former Australian police officer, over threehas resulted in the first complete roll of the 102 medals and four bars awarded to Queensland policemen during the medal’s short life from 1906 to 1917. As well as the roll, this new OMRS publication includes a history of the medal, full details of every incident for which it was awarded, photographs of many recipients and information about their other decorations and medals. This study of a previously long-forgotten award is a must for the bookshelves of those interested in Australian medals or police gallantry as well as a fascinating record of a turbulent time in the history of Queensland.
The book is available in a limited edition of 50 copies (softback only) and is priced at £5 to members (restricted to one copy each) and £10 to non-members, plus post and packing. The book can be ordered here
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Past General Secretary Peter Helmore has been awarded a bar to the Society's Award of Merit in Gold for his work in organising the IX Meeting of the European Phaleristic Society Meeting. The culmination of two years work, the meeting showcased the very best of British orders decorations and medals for an international audience.
The award was presented by current OMRS President, Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork, at the gala dinner on 30th May 2015 who said "Peter Helmore’s meticulous planning of a complex programme, which encompassed the very best of British heritage and medallic history, was outstanding and one which deservedly attracted fulsome praise from all our international colleagues and members of the OMRS who attended. It further enhanced the reputation of our Society".
Peter Helmore is only the fourth recipient of a bar to the Award of Merit in Gold, the other recipients were Norman Brooks and John Tamplin (1999) and Norman Gooding (2000).