United Kingdom. A Victory Medal, HMS Good Hope, Battle of Coronel, Chile KIA Province of China British War Medal (10621 PTE

British War Medal (10621 PTE

the reverse marker marked “PR

on loop for suspension - marked “110” for “Otto Zappe

where he was commissioned as an Acting Captain but relinquished the subsequent rank of Captain on August 17th and qualified as Class III Driver (I

all measuring at 43mm (w) x 57mm (h-inclusive of the suspension ball)

United Kingdom. A Victory Medal, HMS Good Hope, Battle of Coronel, Chile KIA Province of China British War Medal (10621 PTEVictory Medal. (236732. A. J. MERRITT. A. B. R. N.) Naming is impressed, fine. Footnote: Able Seaman Albert John Merritt, son of George and Sarah Merritt, of 24, Valnay St., Tooting, London. Merritt was serving aboard HMS Good Hope, a Drake class armored cruiser, that served as the flagship for Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock during the early days of World War I. She was sunk with all hands on November 1, 1914, during the Battle of Coronel off