Description
The main operations of Coastal Command were defensive
with the bottom outer layer of the cross in silver/aluminum treads and the rest in brownish/grey cotton threading
measuring 200 mm (w) x 40 mm (h at ends)
The Battalion embarked Canada aboard the S
the reverse with an inscription of “GRANDE GUERRE 1914-1918”
United Kingdom. A Victory Medal, HMS Good Hope, Battle of Coronel, Chile KIA Auction The main operations of CoastalVictory Medal. (236732. A. J. MERRITT. A. B. R. N.) Naming is impressed, fine. Footnote: Able Seaman Albert John Merritt, son of George and Sarah Merritt, of 24, Valnay St., Tooting, London. Merritt was serving aboard HMS Good Hope, a Drake class armored cruiser, that served as the flagship for Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock during the early days of World War I. She was sunk with all hands on November 1, 1914, during the Battle of Coronel off