United Kingdom. A Victory Medal, HMS Good Hope, Battle of Coronel, Chile KIA Newly Listed the reverse bearing a raised

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR ARBEIT ZUM SCHÜTZE DEUTSCHLANDS” (“FOR WORK IN THE DEFENCE OF GERMANY”)

light wear to the gilt

the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich August

A grouping of three DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront/German Labour Front) membership badges and stickpins

United Kingdom. A Victory Medal, HMS Good Hope, Battle of Coronel, Chile KIA Newly Listed the reverse bearing a raisedVictory Medal. (236732. A. J. MERRITT. A. B. R. N.) Naming is impressed, fine. Footnote: Able Seaman Albert John Merritt, son of George and Sarah Merritt, of 24, Valnay St., Tooting, London. Merritt was serving aboard HMS Good Hope, a Drake class armored cruiser, that served as the flagship for Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock during the early days of World War I. She was sunk with all hands on November 1, 1914, during the Battle of Coronel off