A Rare Irish Merchant Service Medal 1939-1946 Newly Listed spotting evident on the cross

spotting evident on the cross

inscribed "USSR COMMEMORATIVE GOLD MEDAL APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT July 1975

joining the Guards Division at the Base Depot on the 5th and posted to the 3rd Battalion on the 11th

For especially meritorious service

A Rare Irish Merchant Service Medal 1939-1946 Newly Listed spotting evident on the cross(AKA Merchant Marine Medal and Merchant Navy Medal): Bronze, obverse illustrating a female figure of Ireland holding a sword, with an Irish wolf hound on a leash at her side, inscribed "RE NA PRAINNE" (Emergency Period) above and engraver marked "LAVRENCE CAMPBELL. R. H. A.", reverse illustrating a steamship sailing to the left, with a sailing ship in the background, surrounded by the inscription "AN TSEIRBHIS MUIR TRACTALA" (The Merchant Marine