A First War Montenegro Bravery Medal Miniature Group Auction Archive It was "the severest disaster

It was "the severest disaster which has befallen the Navy in recent years" to quote the annual report of the Secretary of the Navy for that period

the son of naval officer John Cassin

then later attached to A 16 C

A crisis arose when a part of the 1st battalion withdrew following the death of their commander and nearly all junior leaders

A First War Montenegro Bravery Medal Miniature Group Auction Archive It was "the severest disasterFrance: First World War Victory Medal (bronze, engraver marked "A. MORLON" on the obverse, 13 mm); France: Commemorative Medal for the War 1914 1918 (bronze, engraver marked "A. MORLON" on the obverse, 13 mm x 15 mm); and Montenegro: Medal for Zeal, Type III (silver, type III with ball suspension, 13 mm). Mounted to an ornate suspension, original ribbons, missing its swing bar pinback, dark patina on the Medal for Zeal, extremely fine.