A Rare Irish Merchant Service Medal 1939-1946 Newly Listed spotting evident on the cross

spotting evident on the cross

inscribed "USSR COMMEMORATIVE GOLD MEDAL APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT July 1975

For especially meritorious service

the bands exhibiting the traditional oak leaves design

joining the Guards Division at the Base Depot on the 5th and posted to the 3rd Battalion on the 11th

A Rare Irish Merchant Service Medal 1939-1946 Newly Listed spotting evident on the cross(AKA Merchant Marine Medal and Merchant Navy Medal): Bronze, obverse illustrating a female figure of Ireland holding a sword, with an Irish wolf hound on a leash at her side, inscribed "RE NA PRAINNE" (Emergency Period) above and engraver marked "LAVRENCE CAMPBELL. R. H. A.", reverse illustrating a steamship sailing to the left, with a sailing ship in the background, surrounded by the inscription "AN TSEIRBHIS MUIR TRACTALA" (The Merchant Marine