Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (L.X.20248 E. Bonnigi, P.O. Std., H.M.S. Ardent; L.3198 C. Mangion, Off. Ck 2, H.M.S. London) minor contact marks, very fine and better (2) £55-75

H.M.S. Ardent was an “A” Class destroyer, launched in 1929 and sunk by gunfire from the German battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, west of Narvik, Norway, on 8 June 1940. H.M.S. London was a “London’ Class heavy cruiser, launched in 1927 and sold in 1950. Both recipients are believed to be Maltese.