War Medals

270897 A.W.C. MAGGS, CHIEF ERA.,SUBMARINER, ROYAL NAVY & ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY :

Distinguished Service Medal awarded for "Services in submarines in enemy waters", announced London Gazette 2 November 1917: (ALBERT WILLIAM COURTNAY MAGGS was Submariner who served both with the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy throughout World War One & World War Two.) : His group of ten medals, only part shown here, includes the rare GVR. Naval LS&GC. Medal to HMAS.'Platypus' and the Messina Earthquake Commemorative Medal 1908 named to HMS.'Lancaster' . ( Full details of the group are:- Distinguished Service Medal. GVR (270879 A.W.C. Maggs, C.E.R.A. 'Submarine Service 1917'); 1914-15 Star (270897 E.R.A. 2, RN.); British War Medal; Victory Medal 1914-19 (270897 C.E.R.A. RN. on these); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star (both unnamed as issued); War Medal 1939-45 (9250 A.W.C. Maggs); Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 (9250 A.W.C. Maggs); Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, GVR. Admiral's bust obverse (270897 A.W.C. Maggs C.E.R.A. 2 HMAS. 'Platypus'); Messina Earthquake Medal 1908 (270897 A.W.C. Maggs Act. E.R.A. 4th. Cl. HMS. 'Lancaster') : Photograph of full group supplied upon request : Rare GVF & better - £2600