Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 112
Five: Trimmer J. Dunn, Merchant Navy British War Medal (James Dunn.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (James Dunn); 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal, minor edge nick to first, otherwise extremely fine (5) Estimate £ 60-80 Trimmer James Dunn, served with the Merchant Navy aboard the S.S. Ceramic during the Second World War; killed in action, 7.12.1942, when the vessel was torpedoed by U515 in the North Atlantic whilst bound for St. Helena and sank with the loss of the entire crew of 656 save for one man; Dunn is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Sold for
£120