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WW1/WW2 Medal group to Major R.J. Oliver, Northumberland Home Guard, Late Merchant Navy.

British War Medal & Mercantile Marine War Medal, both impressed named to R.J. OLIVER; Defence Medal; toned, nearly extremely fine, with named card box of issue for the Defence Medal, addressed to 'Major R.J. Oliver, Marden House, Whitley Bay'; the recipient's Continuous Certificate of Discharge; two Ministry of Shipping letters regarding the award of the Great War medals; and a portrait photograph of the recipient as a midshipman.

Major Robert John Oliver, born Gateshead, 1893; served during the Great War in the Merchant Navy as a Telegraphist and Wireless Operator; promoted Captain, 1.4.1943, and served with the 6th (Blyth) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard.