United Kingdom. A "Souvenir Of Florence" Liberation Medal 1944 Auction He served on the Continent

He served on the Continent for fifteen and half months before embarking Ostend

Sea Island in 1936

/KG 30 sank RMS Lancastria off St Nazaire as she evacuated troops during Operation Ariel

He was the third youngest in a family of six boys and seven girls

139 mm x 179 mm)

United Kingdom. A "Souvenir Of Florence" Liberation Medal 1944 Auction He served on the ContinentGreat Britain, Italy (Kingdom); Silvered zinc with red, white, yellow and black paint, obverse illustrating the Florence Cathedral with Brunelleschis Dome in the background, a fleur de lis above and inscribed "SOUVENIR OF FLORENCE" within a rectangular box below, reverse illustrating the British Eighth Army insignia, inscribed "LIBERATED FLORENCE 1944" below, flanked by branches of laurel leaves, surrounded by the inscription "KEEP ME ALWAYS I WILL