United Kingdom. A Victory Medal, HMS Good Hope, Battle of Coronel, Chile KIA Newly Listed light wear to the gilt

light wear to the gilt

followed by a posting in the new year to 'D' Battery

the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich August

A NSKK (National Socialist Motor Corps/Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps) sleeve eagle

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR ARBEIT ZUM SCHÜTZE DEUTSCHLANDS” (“FOR WORK IN THE DEFENCE OF GERMANY”)

United Kingdom. A Victory Medal, HMS Good Hope, Battle of Coronel, Chile KIA Newly Listed light wear to the giltVictory Medal. (236732. A. J. MERRITT. A. B. R. N.) Naming is impressed, fine. Footnote: Able Seaman Albert John Merritt, son of George and Sarah Merritt, of 24, Valnay St., Tooting, London. Merritt was serving aboard HMS Good Hope, a Drake class armored cruiser, that served as the flagship for Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock during the early days of World War I. She was sunk with all hands on November 1, 1914, during the Battle of Coronel off