World War Medals

Offered is a Royal Navy, killed in action medal group to Chief Petty Officer J. Genista was torpedoed and sunk by the. German submarine U-57, 26th february 1916. 1914 15 Star, impressed named 75516 J. British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 175516 J. Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Edward VII), impressed named 175516 JOSEPH PALMER. Period swing mounted; miniature 1914 15 medal trio, swing mounted; brass Princess Mary Tin with original Christmas card and original period print Princess Mary and corresponding envelope; original Admiralty medal award document dated 30/11/1923. Comes with copys service records, medal roll, Commonwealth War Graves certificates and newspaper articles. Chief Petty Officer Joseph Palmer was born on the 2. June 1878 at Barking, Essex. He enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2. Class on the 12/8/1893 and progressed through the ranks to Petty Officer 1. Class by October 1903. HMS Hindustan (London-class pre-dreadnought battleship) 15/5/1912 7/9/1915. She arrived at Malta on 27 November 1912 and subsequently participated in a blockade by an international force of Montenegro and in an occupation of Scutari. Arabis-class minesweeping sloop launched on 26 February 1916 and sunk by the German submarine U-57, 23 October 1916. Of the 85 Officers and men, only 12 survived. He is commemorated at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. From the Admiralty: On October 23, the Queenstown sloop Genista was on patrol some 120 miles west from Cape Clear. At 4.15 p. She had met the Leyland S. Alexandrian, homeward bound, and was escorting her in. At about 6.20 p. The Alexandrian turned and a torpedo fired at her just missed astern. She sent out a signal at 6.30 p. And Admiral Bayly at once ordered the sloops Camellia and Zinnia to proceed to the spot. The Zinnia arrived at 10.30 p. Admiral Bayly, knowing the difficulty sloops had in picking up a position, put to sea himself in the Adventure at 10.30 p. And arrived on the spot at 10 a. A strong south-south-east wind was blowing with a tumbling sea. At about 10.45 a. A Carley raft was seen and 12 survivors of the Genista were picked up from four rafts. After 16 hours exposure they were all cheery and wanted only sleep and warmth. We list militaria and coins weekly. We provide quality mounted medals, badges and historical research. We can mount your miniature or full size medals, ribbon bars or supply replacement ribbons or badges. We can also conduct military research on your behalf and value cherished objects with a current market or insured value. We run two specialist military auctions per year. Items are accurately described & photographed. Additional costs for this standard service will be added for this service based on publicly available Australia Post rates. Please note, these items are located and will be posted from Australia. We appreciate fair feedback from you once you receive the item. We aim to give you, the customer our best customer service. The item “WW1 U-BOAT ATTACK ROYAL NAVY KILLED IN ACTION MEDALS 75516 J PALMER HMS VERNON” is in sale since Wednesday, July 14, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “jb_military_antiques_14″ and is located in 2/135 Russell St, Morley, Perth, WA. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Modified Item: No
• Campaign: World War I
• Theme: Militaria
• Product Type: Medals
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Era: 1910s
• Country: Britain