British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: F. J. Collins, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 101199 F. J. Collins, A.B., H.M.S. Orion), together with original Admiralty condolence slip in the name of ‘Francis John Collins’, extremely fine (5) £100-120

Francis John Collins does not appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register, suggesting he died sometime after the War prior to the dispatch of his awards.

The cruiser Orion was awarded no less than 13 Battle Honours in the 1939-45 War, including those for Calabria 1940, Matapan 1941, Greece 1941, Crete 1941, Malta Convoys 1941, Sicily 1943, Salerno 1943, Anzio 1944, Aegean 1944 and Normandy 1944.