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Description: | Medal for Military Valour (Al Valore Militare) awarded to Commander H. J. Bray, RNR.
Henry James Bray was born in Shrewsbury in 1882 and qualified as a Merchant Navy captain in 1910. From 1910-1914 he was master of the ?Holt Hill?, a four-masted barque. During World War I Bray served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve and in 1916, while commanding the armed trawler ?Searanger?, helped to sink the German submarine ?U-74? which was on a mine-laying expedition in the Firth of Forth. Bray was awarded the DSC for this action. He was promoted to Acting Lieutenant-Commander in 1919.
The medal is bronze. On the obverse are the arms of Savoy within a wreath of palm and laurel tied in a bow with the crown above, surrounded by the legend ?AL VALORE MILITARE? (for military valour). Engraved on the reverse are two branches of laurel. The medal is suspended by a blue ribbon from a bar with six of Bray?s other medals: Distinguished Service Cross (MED1593), British War Medal (MED1595), 1914-15 Star (MED1594), Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (MED1598), Victory Medal 1914-18 (MED1596) and Long Service Medal, Special Constabulary 1943 (MED1599).
caption: Al Valore Militare, obverse
caption: Medals awarded to Commander H. J. Bray DSC (obverse, left to right, MED1093-1098)
caption: Medals awarded to Commander H. J. Bray DSC (reverse, right to left, MED1093-1098)
caption: Al Valore Militare, reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | gallantry medals Medal for Military Valour Henry James Bray | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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