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Description: | Medal, Atlantic star. Bronze medal in the form of a six-pointed star bearing a circular centre with the GRI/VI monogram, surmounted by a crown and inscribed, 'The Atlantic Star'. The watered silk ribbon is blue, white and green symbolising the ocean. Awarded posthumously to Harold Edmund Farbrother, who was killed when his ship the ss Whitemantle sank in the early hours of Tuesday 24 October 1939 as the result of an explosion, probably caused by a mine or torpedo. Of the 18 souls on board, 13 died.
Part: medal, Material: metal, bronze
Part: ribbon, Material: silk | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.446419 | Go to resource |
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