Baldwin & Sons
Auction 75 26 September 2012
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MILITARY MEDALS. A Collection of Prisoner of War Groups and Medals. WWII 'POW' Group of 3 awarded to Company Sergeant-Major Norman Bailey, 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded in action, 1939-1945 Star, War Medal, 1939-1945, Efficiency Medal, G V R, Territorial (4602853 Cpl. N. Bailey. 6-Durh. L. I.); the first two unnamed as issued, the latter officially impressed, group court mounted on board for display. The latter somewhat polished, group otherwise toned about extremely fine. (3)
Sold with photocopy 'General Questionnaire for British/American Ex-Prisoners of War' and copy Ancestry POW roll mention, confirming CSM Bailey as having been kept prisoner at Stalag 383, at Hohenhels, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. His 'General Questionnaire' shows his date of birth as 26 February 1900, his address noted as 13 East Street, Westcornforth, via Ferry Hill, Durham, and that he had previously worked as a Miner. This document also shows that he was wounded when captured in France 20 May 1940
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Estimate: £120-150
Sold with photocopy 'General Questionnaire for British/American Ex-Prisoners of War' and copy Ancestry POW roll mention, confirming CSM Bailey as having been kept prisoner at Stalag 383, at Hohenhels, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. His 'General Questionnaire' shows his date of birth as 26 February 1900, his address noted as 13 East Street, Westcornforth, via Ferry Hill, Durham, and that he had previously worked as a Miner. This document also shows that he was wounded when captured in France 20 May 1940
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Estimate: £120-150