Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker Petty Officer A. Issac, Royal Navy, who served at the Battle of Jutland in H.M.S. Gloucester

1914-15 Star (K.3048 A. Issac L.Sto. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.3048 A. Issac. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.3048 A. Issac S.P.O. H.M.S. Columbine) polished and worn, therefore fine (4) £80-£120

Albert Issac, a baker from Chelsea, London, was born on 21 March 1891. He enlisted in the Royal Navy on 10 June 1909 and, apart from a six week period ashore in early 1916, spent the entire Great War afloat in H.M.S. Gloucester, in which ship he was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, where she fired 37 shells. Promoted Stoker Petty Officer on 3 April 1917, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 26 June 1924, and was discharged on 13 December 1928.