A Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of five awarded to Able Seaman...

A Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of five awarded to Able Seaman I. Miranda, Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War during the Defence of Antwerp in October 1914 Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Military) (I. Miranda.) contemporarily engraved naming, in Jon Pinches, London, case of issue; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L2/2631. I. Miranda. A.B. R.N.V.R. Hawke Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (L.2-2631 I. Miranda. A.BN. R.N.V.R.); Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine (lot) £600-£800 --- Medal of the Order of the British Empire London Gazette 17 October 1919: ‘For services in connection with the War.’ Isaac Miranda was born in Spitalfields, London, on 31 October 1891, the son of Hyman and Sara Miranda, and was educated at the prominent Jewish School on Old Castle Street, Whitechapel, prior to enlisting in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 14 March 1912. Mobilised on 2 August 1914, he joined the Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Brigade, on 22 August 1914, and proceeded with them to Belgium. Captured and taken Prisoner of War during the Defence of Antwerp in October 1914, he was interned for the remainder of the war at Doeberitze, Germany. Repatriated on 14 December 1918, he was discharged on 18 February 1919. For his services as a Prisoner of War he was awarded the Medal of the Order of the British Empire. Sold with a large quantity of School Medals, the majority named to the recipient; and Sports Medals, some named to the recipient, and others named to the recipient’s wife Rhoda Founk, the majority awarded by the Jewish Athletic Association, in silver, bronze, and white metal, some 23 medals in total.