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Auction: 12003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 9

A Poignant Family Group:Four: Lieutenant-Commander H.W. Couch, Royal Navy, Killed in Action At The Battle of Coronel, 1.11.19141914-15 Star (Eng. Lt. Commr. H.W. Couch, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Lt. Cr. H.W. Couch. R.N.); Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine, with the recipient´s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Herbert William Couch) and related Buckingham Palace enclosureThe Second War 1940 ´Dunkirk Evacuation´ D.S.C. Group of Four to Lieutenant-Commander R.J.H. Couch, Royal Navy; Killed in Action When His Ship H.M.S. Esk Hit An Enemy Mine Off the Dutch Coast, 1.9.1940, As He Attempted to Rescue His Brother-in-Lawa) Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ´1940´, silver (Hallmarks for London 1940), in Garrard, London, case of issueb) 1939-1945 Starc) Atlantic Stard) War Medal, with M.I.D. Oak Leaf, about extremely fine, with the following certificates:- Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, named to Lieut-Commander Richard John Hullis Couch, R.N. H.M.S. Esk, and dated 23.12.1939- Royal Life Saving Society Certificate, named to Richard J.H. Couch, R.N. Coll, and dated July 1923Three: Lieutenant-Commander D.W. Deane, Royal Navy; Killed in Action Off the Dutch Coast, 31.8.19401939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal, with M.I.D. Oak Leaf, extremely fine, with the following related items:- Memorial Scroll, named to Lieutenant-Commander D.W. Deane Royal Navy- Named Admiralty enclosure slip- Various letters relating to the recipient´s death- Portrait photograph of the recipient- Two photographs of H.M.S. Express, one taken before she struck a mine and one after (lot)

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