United Kingdom. A Victory Medal, HMS Good Hope, Battle of Coronel, Chile KIA Province of China Presenting two folding creases and

Presenting two folding creases and minimal creasing at edges

British War Medal (2522642 GNR

Stamped onto the reverse of the crossguard is a unit mark of “S

89 mm (w) x 62

United Kingdom. A Victory Medal, HMS Good Hope, Battle of Coronel, Chile KIA Province of China Presenting two folding creases andVictory 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