Medals and Coins, Arms and Armour - 22nd June 2021

Lot 33

A Great War casualty Mercantile Marine War Medal to Frank Axel Rodman

Estimate £60 - £80 | Hammer £150

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Description

A Great War casualty Mercantile Marine War Medal to Frank Axel Rodman, S S Mordenwood (Frank A. Rodman), 'R' lettering die cracked, very fine; together with a Great War trio to Private James A. Hunt, Army Service Corps: 1914-15 Star (SS-15545 PTE. J.H. HUNT. A.S.C.), British War Medal and Victory Medal (15545 PTE. J. H. HUNT. A.S.C.), swing mounted, good very fine.

Frank Rodman drowned when S.S. Mordenwood (3125 tons) was torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U29, 19th May 1917, off Cape Matapan.