Orders, Decorations and Medals

Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (303822 W. Bain, Sto. P.O. “Glory” Murmansk) contact marks, otherwise very fine £120-140

M.S.M. London Gazette 12 December 1919: ‘For services in Russia 1918-19.’

H.M.S. Glory was the ex-Russian cruiser Askold of 6,500 tons, seized and renamed in August 1918. She was used as a depot ship in the White Sea, in Kola Inlet, and was returned to Russia in 1920.