Queen’s Police Medal

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civil decoration police decoration state award

The Queen’s Police Medal is a British honor awarded to police officers for distinguished service or acts of exceptional courage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Queen’s Police Medal canonical	5
King’s Police Medal	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11103283 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Queen’s Police Medal
Context triple: [Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, hasComponent, Queen’s Police Medal]

A. President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service
The President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service is one of India’s highest police decorations, awarded for exceptional and distinguished service by members of the police forces.
B. Queen’s Service Medal
The Queen’s Service Medal is a New Zealand royal honour awarded to individuals for valuable voluntary service to the community or meritorious public service.
C. Distinguished Conduct Medal
The Distinguished Conduct Medal was a high-level British military decoration awarded to non-commissioned officers and other ranks for exceptional bravery in the field.
D. President’s Police Medal for Gallantry
The President’s Police Medal for Gallantry is one of India’s highest police decorations, awarded for conspicuous courage and exceptional bravery in the line of duty.
E. The Queen's Gallantry Medal
The Queen's Gallantry Medal is a British decoration awarded to civilians and military personnel for exemplary acts of bravery not in the presence of the enemy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Queen’s Police Medal
Target entity description: The Queen’s Police Medal is a British honor awarded to police officers for distinguished service or acts of exceptional courage.

A. President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service
The President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service is one of India’s highest police decorations, awarded for exceptional and distinguished service by members of the police forces.
B. Queen’s Service Medal
The Queen’s Service Medal is a New Zealand royal honour awarded to individuals for valuable voluntary service to the community or meritorious public service.
C. Distinguished Conduct Medal
The Distinguished Conduct Medal was a high-level British military decoration awarded to non-commissioned officers and other ranks for exceptional bravery in the field.
D. President’s Police Medal for Gallantry
The President’s Police Medal for Gallantry is one of India’s highest police decorations, awarded for conspicuous courage and exceptional bravery in the line of duty.
E. The Queen's Gallantry Medal
The Queen's Gallantry Medal is a British decoration awarded to civilians and military personnel for exemplary acts of bravery not in the presence of the enemy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil decoration ⓘ police decoration ⓘ state award ⓘ
awardedFor	acts of exceptional courage ⓘ distinguished service ⓘ
awardedIn	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ some Commonwealth countries ⓘ
awardingBody	Home Office ⓘ Northern Ireland Office ⓘ Scottish Government ⓘ
conferralFrequency	twice yearly ⓘ
conferralOccasion	Birthday Honours ⓘ New Year Honours ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility	members of certain Commonwealth police forces ⓘ members of police forces in the United Kingdom ⓘ police officers ⓘ
establishedBy	King George V ⓘ linked to: George V
hasPredecessor	King’s Police Medal ⓘ
hasVariant	King’s Police Medal ⓘ King’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service ⓘ linked to: King’s Police Medal King’s Police Medal for Gallantry ⓘ linked to: King’s Police Medal
inception	1909 ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Latin ⓘ
isPartOf	British honours system ⓘ
material	silver ⓘ
obverseFeature	effigy of the reigning monarch ⓘ
postNominalLetters	QPM ⓘ
presentedBy	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
rankInOrderOfWear	above Queen’s Fire Service Medal ⓘ below George Medal ⓘ
relatedAward	Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal ⓘ Queen’s Fire Service Medal ⓘ Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal ⓘ
replaced	King’s Police Medal ⓘ linked to: Queen’s Police Medal
reverseFeature	inscription for distinguished police service ⓘ laurel wreath design ⓘ
ribbonColor	dark blue ⓘ
ribbonFeature	silver stripes ⓘ
shape	circular ⓘ
status	currently awarded when the monarch is a queen ⓘ
successorWhenMonarchIsKing	King’s Police Medal ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom → hasComponent → Queen’s Police Medal ⓘ

Imperial honours in Papua New Guinea → includes → Queen’s Police Medal ⓘ

Queen’s Police Medal → replaced → King’s Police Medal ⓘ

linked to: Queen’s Police Medal

Queen’s Fire Service Medal → isLowerInPrecedenceThan → Queen’s Police Medal ⓘ

Queen’s Fire Service Medal → isRelatedTo → Queen’s Police Medal ⓘ

Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal → relatedAward → Queen’s Police Medal ⓘ

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