Albert Medals Awarded to Royal Marines by Captain Derek Oakley MBE, RM Placemats RM Band Service Plaque

RM Band Service Plaque

Hand engraved to order

The last of the nineteen surviving POWS were not repatriated until mid 1954

40 gauge knit and proprietary construction for super-opaque properties and excellent abrasion resistance

Height including presentation base: 11" / 28cm

Albert Medals Awarded to Royal Marines by Captain Derek Oakley MBE, RM Placemats RM Band Service PlaqueAlbert Medals Awarded to Royal Marines With particular reference to Marine Albert Streams AM (Served 19921 1943) by Captain Derek Oakley MBE, RM This special publication of the Royal Marines Historical Society covers the Albert Medals awarded to Royal Marines. The medal was instituted in 1866 and was awarded for supreme gallantry not in the face of the enemy. In 1940, when King George VI introduced the George Cross and George Medal, it ceased to be