Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War B.E.M. group of five awarded to Chief Steward G. Stevenson, Merchant Navy

British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Stevenson) in card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (5) £180-£220

B.E.M. London Gazette 9 January 1946 (Chief Steward, M.V. Rugeley, Stephens Sutton & Company).

George Stevenson served as Chief Steward of the cargo ship M.V. Rugeley during the Second War. She made a number of North Atlantic crossings carrying grain and steel amongst other cargoes, and did similar in the Mediterranean.