Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An Italian ‘Messina Earthquake’ group of three awarded to Miss H. L. Munn

Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Merit Medal 1908, bronze; Italian Red Cross Medal 1908; Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, all contemporarily and identically engraved ‘Helen Lang Munn’, mounted as originally worn, with three related miniature awards, the latter mounted in a different order, generally very fine or better, and rare (3)
£400-£600

All awards confirmed.

51 Merit Medals were awarded to British recipients, 24 of which were awarded to women, for their actions during the Messina Earthquake and it’s aftermath in 1908. 22 Italian Red Cross Medals were awarded to British recipients, 12 of which were awarded to women.

Sold with a copy of an article by Jack Boddington, which appeared in The Life Saving Awards Research Society Journal, No. 67.