Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J. 33891 S. W. Wisdom, Sig., H.M.S. Greenwich) edge nicks and contact marks, otherwise about very fine £40-60

Stanley Walker Wisdom was born at Devonport in June 1899 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1915. His first seagoing appointment was aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Shannon from July 1915 until February 1917, which period encompassed her presence at Jutland, followed by the battle cruiser New Zealand from the latter month until August 1918, during which commission he was advanced to Signalman. Wisdom was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in June 1932.