'For All Seafarers coin'

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MERCHANT NAVY SEAMEN’S ROLE IN BATTLE OF ATLANTIC HONOURED ON HQS WELLINGTON

So, to honour these men who unquestioningly risked their lives to sustain the country throughout the bleakest of times, The London Mint Office yesterday donated a specially designed set of ‘Battle of Atlantic’ coins to HQS Wellington which serves as a floating museum and the livery hall of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners where they will be on permanent display.

Captain Sail, Chairman of the Merchant Navy Association, commented: “The fact that these striking coins are made from silver recovered from a Merchant Navy vessel which was sunk during the Battle of Atlantic, SS Gairsoppa, make them a particularly poignant commemoration of the role of the Merchant Navy during World War Two. The set donated to HQS Wellington by the London Mint Office provide a great reminder to all of the heroic exploits of the ‘Fourth Service’ during the Battle of Atlantic, and we are also delighted that the sale of these coin sets to the public will fund a donation from the London Mint Office to the Merchant Navy Association.”

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Remembering the Forgotten Fourth Service

Our island nation has long relied on the goods brought to its shores by the men and women of the Merchant Navy. At no time was their work more necessary than during the Second World War, when almost the entire Allied war effort relied on the men, food, fuel and raw materials carried across the world’s seas by the British Merchant Navy. The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous campaign of the Second World War and the threat from the U-boats was the one that Churchill feared most. Yet those heroic seafarers of the Merchant Navy, nicknamed the ‘Fourth Service’ by Churchill, have, for long, been forgotten.

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Complete your Limited Edition Battle of the Atlantic Silver Coin Collection

Minted in 99.9% recovered British WWII silver!

Regret cannot add link, but will do ASAP.

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The link for the Merchant Navy coin or Set of coins are to do with the Royal Mint and were showing error messages. You can just Google or similar search engine. Merchant Navy coin etc. I will have new links ASAP. K