Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Edward W. Kelly, Mercantile Marine
British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Edward W. Kelly) gilding to MMWM, very fine

Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (2) (William W. Blyth; J. Rodrigues) minor official correction to naming on second medal, which has been silver plated, very fine (4) £70-£90

Juleo Rodrigues was born in Goa, India, in 1877 and served with the Mercantile Marine during the Great War. He died whilst serving in S.S. Treinta-y-Tres on 31 October 1918 and is buried in St. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. His Mercantile Marine Medal was issued in Zanzibar in 1920 and his British War Medal, later issued on 10 December 1925 was subsequently returned, unclaimed.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts.