WW1. Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-19 Hewett #sherborne Corroded area/metal flaw to front

Corroded area/metal flaw to front of bust

BIRMINGHAM 1813 ONE PENNY

namely a rupture from riding a horse and a wrist injury sustained when he fell off a ladder

slightly concave

Parthian empire

WW1. Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-19 Hewett #sherborne Corroded area/metal flaw to frontEdward C Hewett was a Mess Room Steward serving on SS Fallodon, a defensively armed British Merchant steamer. On 28 December 1917 when on route from Le Havre in ballast for the Clyde, she was torpedoed by German submarine UC 71 and sank. All bar one of the crew survived. UC71 was captained by Oberleutnant Ernst Steindorff, who is credited with sinking 30 ships during the war. Without ribbon. Good very fine.