Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Stewardess Katherine O’Connor, Mercantile Marine

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Katherine O’Connor) very fine (2) £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Norman Gooding Collection.

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Katherine O’Connor was born in York in 1872 and served with the Mercantile Marine during the Great War. A letter from the Department of Trade which accompanies the lot, dated 9 August 1983, states that she later served as Stewardess aboard the Konig Friedrich August from 1 March 1920, Bremen from 19 November 1920, and Sicilia from 22 November 1920. Her last known address upon issue of the Great War medals was 29 Greenford Road, Sudbury Hill, Harrow.