WW1. Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-19 Hewett #sherborne namely a rupture from riding

namely a rupture from riding a horse and a wrist injury sustained when he fell off a ladder

Parthian empire

slightly concave

being shelled

Corroded area/metal flaw to front of bust

WW1. Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-19 Hewett #sherborne namely a rupture from ridingEdward C Hewett was a Mess Room Steward serving on SS Fallodon, a defensively armed British Merchant steamer. On 28 December 1917 when on route from Le Havre in ballast for the Clyde, she was torpedoed by German submarine UC 71 and sank. All bar one of the crew survived. UC71 was captained by Oberleutnant Ernst Steindorff, who is credited with sinking 30 ships during the war. Without ribbon. Good very fine.