Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 107189 R. G. C. Willmott, A.B., H.M.S. Punjabi), extremely fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith.

View
Collection

The destroyer H.M.S. Punjabi won Battle Honours for Narvik 1940, Atlantic 1940-42, Norway 1941, Bismarck Action 1941 and Arctic 1941-42, but was sunk in a collision with the battleship King George V during PQ. 15 in May 1942.