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THE MEDALS & PAPERWORK/PHOTOGRAPHS OF A TELEGRAPHIST MN. The 1939/45-Atlantic (bar France & Germany) Burma & Italy Stars, War Medal with box of issue, addressed to Mr J Hawkins. Sweetheart brooch and lapel badges etc, his cap and a copy of his pre and wartime experiences in his memoirs. (A copy of which is held by the Imperial War Museum) These were privately printed for historical purposes, though give an insight to the ships he served on including HMS Jervis Bay. He had left the ship to join another, in 1939. Admiral Scheer the German Pocket Battleship out gunned and sunk her in 1940. His next ship SS Hornchurch was sunk again after he transferred, by German Aircraft in July 1940. He relates how the Americans leased Britain the four funnel mothballed Destroyers, the infamous French Submarine 'Surcorf' he saw in Halifax Nova Scotia. (Lost off Bermuda in Free French hands, April 1941). The screams of fellow sailors sunk and all but abandoned in the Atlantic Convoys, whilst on Tankers etc. His then posting to SS Mariston, which became The English Monarch. A Japanese ship shouted obscenities and the V Sign in Tampa, it was while they were berthed there news came through of Pearl Harbour being attacked. After many convoys and service between Africa and America, he left the Iddesleigh on the 8th April 1943. The ship was sunk by a mini-sub off the Invasion Beaches in August 1944. SS Fort Pembina 8th May 1943-14th Feb-1944, where they took part in the Invasion of Sicily He records joining the brand new ship MV Arabistan, which had the new degausing gear, to immobilize German magnetic mines. SS Scorton 17th Feb 1945-14th April 1945. After the war he married Rosemary Gladys Heal, daughter of Frederick Thomas Moss Heal the engineer and inventor. With his service books, postcards of ships including Jervis Bay C1939 and an Xmas Menu on that famous ship 1939. Photographs of himself and teams etc, car trials at W S Mare. Various passes and documents that he required in his service as a Marine Officer, including his discharge book etc. After the war he served at Portishead Wireless Station, for many years.
Lady's Art Nouveau 18 Karat Yellow and Rose Gold and Baroque Pearl Brooch with Baroque Pearl Necklace with 18 Karat Yellow and Rose Gold Clasp. Unsigned. Good condition. Brooch measures 2-1/2 inches long. Necklace measures 16-1/2 inches long. Brooch measures 7.80 pennyweights. Shipping $28.00

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