Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Seaman H. Pole, Australian Mercantile Marine

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (H. Pole. Australia. 159.) in original named card box of issue, this a little worn, extremely fine (2) £160-£200

Harry Pole was born in Sydney around 1888 and is believed to have worked as a Steward for the Australian Commonwealth Line, an Australian federal government-owned shipping company that operated from 1916-28. It was established to address severe shipping shortages during the Great War by transporting wheat and wool to Europe and America.