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Five: Leading Seaman N. J. Williams, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 STAR (C.2717 Smn. R.N.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (L. Smn. R.N.R.); ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (Ldg. Sea. R.N.R.); Russia, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, silver, officially named (Sean. R.N.R., H.M.S. Jupiter) mounted as worn, very fine or better (5)
Russian medal for Zeal awarded for services aboard H.M.S. Jupiter which, in 1915, was employed as an ice breaker to keep the route open through to Archangel, which was so important for munitions supply to the Russian army.
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