Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Medals Of The Second World War, Germany, "Rule Britannia", The Sinking of HMS Courageous, Iron Medal, 1939, by Guido Goetz, Neptune rises from the waves, trident in one hand and holding HMS Courageous on his shoulder, rev Death strides from the ocean with a scroll declaring the sinking, DIE HIOBSBOTSCHAFT AN CHURCHILL, 70.5mm (Engstrom 4). Extremely fine.
HMS Courageous was built as a Courageous Class cruiser and served in the First World War. Converted into an aircraft carrier capable of carrying 48 aircraft, she was on patrol in the Western Approaches, off the coast of Ireland, when, on 17 September 1939, she was attacked and sunk by the U-29, with the loss of 519 crew.
Estimate: £200-250
HMS Courageous was built as a Courageous Class cruiser and served in the First World War. Converted into an aircraft carrier capable of carrying 48 aircraft, she was on patrol in the Western Approaches, off the coast of Ireland, when, on 17 September 1939, she was attacked and sunk by the U-29, with the loss of 519 crew.
Estimate: £200-250