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№ 103

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11 December 2013

Hammer Price:
£45

Three: George Johnston, Merchant Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘George Johnston’, extremely fine (3) £20-30

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners.

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Three men by these names in the Merchant Navy lost their lives in the 1939-45 War - a Second Engineer aboard the S.S. Abbotsford in March 1940, an Able Seaman aboard the S.S. British General in October 1940, and a Fireman and Trimmer aboard the S.S. Lancastrian Prince in April 1943. And all three ships were victims of U-Boat attack.