Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Engineer N. Akerlund, Merchant Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seamen forwarding slip, dated 13 March 1979, extremely fine (3) £30-50

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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Nils Akerlund, who was born in South Shields in 1913, commenced his wartime career as Fourth Engineer in the S.S. Garness in July 1941, and ended it as a Second Engineer in a Swedish vessel; sold with brief details.