Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Cook C. Baxter, Australian Mercantile Marine

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (C. Baxter. Australia. 1586); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45 (C. Baxter M.N.) mounted court-style for display; together with the recipient’s Great War Merchant Service War Badge, the reverse numbered ‘1746’; and Second War Australian Merchant Navy badge, the reverse numbered ‘313’, good very fine (7) £200-£240

Charles Baxter was born in London in 1887 and served with the Australian Mercantile Marine during the Great War, plying his trade on the London to Sydney route. He saw further service during the Second World War in the waters off Queensland from the outbreak of War to 10 October 1942, serving variously as a Pilot, Cook, and Chief Cook.

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