British medal Group of 6 medals to include British 1914-18 war medal, 1914-19 victory medal, 1937 Coronation medal, Royal Naval Long Service Good Conduct Medal, Italian 1908 Messina Earthquake relief medal impressed to 236758 ATC Miller P O HMS Colombinis together with photograph portrait.

At 5:22 am on the 28th December 1908 the Sicily & Calabria area of Italy was struck by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. It was soon realised that the Italian authorities had a major disaster on their hands with a terrible death toll. (70,000 - 100,000 est). Many nations came to the aid of the affected areas and various ships in the Mediterranean at the time were deployed to offer whatever help could be given. Messina was the worst affected population centre and a number of Royal and British Merchant Navy vessels landed men to assist, from digging survivors out from collapsed buildings to assisting with the evacuation of the injured and homeless.