A Rare Irish Merchant Service Medal 1939-1946 certificate_of_authenticity 148 prisoners

148 prisoners

measuring 12 mm in diameter

he boarded an electric train for a ten mile ride to Camp 3D Tsurumi at Yokohama

A mid war example

Germany (Third Reich): War Merit Cross

A Rare Irish Merchant Service Medal 1939-1946 certificate_of_authenticity 148 prisoners(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