World War Medals

WW2 Atlantic Campaign / Naval Long Service Group of (5) Medals to H. 1 clasp, France and Germany. Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy. Surname partially officially corrected. Mounted as worn, together with the recipients pin-back riband bar. HMS Newfoundland was a Crown Colony-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. After commissioning Newfoundland joined the 10th Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet. On the night of 13/14 July 1943, during Sicily Campaign, she provided effective support for 1st Parachute Brigade helping to secure the Primasole Bridge, linking Catania with Syra. On 23 July 1943, she was torpedoed by the Italian submarine Ascianghi. Her rudder having been blown off, temporary repairs were carried out at Malta. Later, steering by her propellers only, and with the assistance of “jury rigged” sails between her funnels, she steamed to the Boston Navy Yard for major repairs. While at Alexandria an exploding air vessel occurred in one of the torpedoes in the port tubes which caused severe damage and one casualty. The repairs delayed her arrival in the Far East for service with the British Pacific Fleet (BPF). Newfoundland went to New Guinea to support the Australian 6th Division in the Aitape-Wewak campaign. On 14 June 1945, as part of a BPF task group, Newfoundland attacked the Japanese naval base at Truk, in the Caroline Islands during Operation Inmate. On 6 July Newfoundland left the forward base of Manus in the Admiralty Islands with other ships of the BPF to take part in the Allied campaign against the Japanese home islands. On 9 August she took part in a bombardment of the Japanese city of Kamaishi. Newfoundland was part of a British Empire force which took control of the naval base at Yokosuka. Newfoundland was then assigned the task of repatriating British Empire prisoners of war. All items are unconditionally guaranteed as to authenticity. We are members of The Orders & Medals Research Society, (OMRS), The Orders & Medals Society of America (OMSA), The Military Collectors Club of Canada (MCC of C) & The Canadian Society of Medals & Military Insignia (CSMMI). The item “Royal Navy Elizabeth II WW2 Long Service Group of (5) Medals H. M. S. Newfoundland” is in sale since Saturday, August 05, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\Great Britain\Medals, Pins & Ribbons”. The seller is “arcticmedals” and is located in Calgary, Alberta. This item can be shipped worldwide.