WW1. Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-19 Hewett #sherborne SSC in angles

SSC in angles

with Nagari legend Deva to right

This example has an excellent portrait of Tiberius and would have circulated in the holy lands at the time of the ministry of Jesus

ONE PENNY 1812

WW1. Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-19 Hewett #sherborne SSC in anglesEdward C Hewett was a Mess Room Steward serving on SS Fallodon, a defensively armed British Merchant steamer. On 28 December 1917 when on route from Le Havre in ballast for the Clyde, she was torpedoed by German submarine UC 71 and sank. All bar one of the crew survived. UC71 was captained by Oberleutnant Ernst Steindorff, who is credited with sinking 30 ships during the war. Without ribbon. Good very fine.