Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Petty Officer H. Price, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J.32934, H. Price, Boy. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.32934 H. Price. A.B., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.32934 H. Price. L.S. H.M.S. Danae.) minor official correction to surname on BWM, edge bruising, polished and worn, therefore fair (4) £60-£80

Harold Price was born in Liverpool on 6 February 1899, and enlisted in the Royal Navy for Boy service on 4 November 1914. From April 1915 to March 1917, he served in H.M.S. Orcoma, an Armed Merchant Cruiser which served on the Northern Patrol (10th Cruiser Squadron), as part of the North Atlantic Convoys. He remained in service after the war, and was advanced Petty Officer on 25 February 1935. He was shore pensioned on 5 February 1939; recalled for service during the Second World War, he was invalided on 14 May 1940.