Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

One: Leading Stoker A. le Vack, H.M.S. Active, Royal Navy

Victory Medal 1914-19 (K.2550 A. le Vack. L.Sto. R.N.) nearly very fine £30-£40

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland.

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The destroyer H.M.S. Active was launched on 14 March 1911 and was part of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland.

Alexander le Vack was born in King’s Cross, London, on 7 December 1890 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 8 April 1909. Advanced Leading Stoker on 4 November 1915, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Active from 6 April 1916 to the end of the War, and was shore pensioned on 6 May 1921.