Lot 4289
Sale 132 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
Description
British War Medal 1914-18. Carmelo Stivala. Impressed. No ribbon, toned very fine.
Possibly Fireman Carmelo Stivala, Malta RNR, service no. 187G.^^Carmelo Stivala, born 1892 at Malta; husband of Maria Stivala, a resident of Vittorosia, Malta; died 20Jan1918 at age 40 while serving as a fireman on HMS Louvain, an armed boarding steamer, torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat UC.22 in the Aegean Sea on 20Jan1918; commemorated at the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
- Estimate
- $50
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $140