Lot 1051

UK/Netherlands, WWI, Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services), rim marked 'Roelof Pieter Voorman, H.M.S. "Aboukir", "Cressy" & "Hogue", 22nd September 1914'. Awarded for the rescue of survivors of the Royal Navy cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy, which were sunk by the German submarine U-9, Roelof Pieter Voorman was captain of the Steamship Flora and awarded this medal in October 1914