Bidspirit auction | 1982 Maritime Heritage RARE Missions

1982 Maritime Heritage RARE Missions to Seamen official FDC signed Richard Baker. Cat £50+ unsigned scarce cover. Baker Served in Navy WW2. Richard Douglas James Baker OBE RD (15 June 1925 - 17 November 2018) was an English broadcaster, best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982, and as a radio presenter of classical music. He was a contemporary of Kenneth Kendall and Robert Dougall and was the first reader of the BBC Television News (in voiceover) in 1954. Baker's undergraduate years were interrupted by war service in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War II. He was on a minesweeper that protected the Allied Arctic supply convoys to the USSR. He was awarded the Royal Naval Reserve decoration. In May 2015 he was awarded the Ushakov Medal for his service in the Arctic convoys of World War II. Good condition. Part of Single Vendor collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide.