United Kingdom. A First War Pair, British War Medal and Victory Medal named Auction Squalus bottomed in 243 ft

Squalus bottomed in 243 ft (74 m) of water

in turn retaining a brown leather strap for belt suspension

Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1866 - August 12

original ribbon with "SGT-AT-ARMS" clasp and suspended from a "PAST OFFICER" hanger with pinback

United Kingdom. A First War Pair, British War Medal and Victory Medal named Auction Squalus bottomed in 243 ftBritish War Medal (D. SMITH. B. R. C. & ST. J. J.); and Victory Medal (D. SMITH. B. R. C. & ST. J. J.). Naming is officially impressed. Plated, court mounted with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, edge nicks, replacement ribbons, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Joint War Organisation (JWO) was a combined operation of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem during the First World War, created in August 1914, just