Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Donkeyman Joseph Korosky, Mercantile Marine, who was lost when the S.S. Galacia was torpedoed off Fastnet on 10 June 1917

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Joseph Korosky), with related Memorial Plaque (Joseph Korosky), extremely fine (3) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties formed by Tim Parsons.

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Ex H. Giblin Collection.

Joseph Korosky, who was born in Malta, the son of Carmelo and Rosa Korosky, was lost on the occasion of the S.S. Galacia being torpedoed by an enemy submarine off Fastnet on 10 June 1917. He left a widow who was resident at Lee in London.