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 Lance-Corporal Leslie W Baker, 1st Battalion Queen's Victoria Rifles (KRRC), captured at Calais, France, 26 May 1940, 1945 Star, War Medal, 1939-1945, Efficiency Medal, G VI R, Territorial (6896704 Rfn. L. W. Baker Q. V. Rif.); the first two unnamed as issued, the latter officially impressed, group court mounted on board. Toned extremely fine. (3)
Sold with photocopy 'General Questionnaire for British/American Ex-Prisoners of War' and copy Ancestry POW roll mention, confirming L-Cpl Baker as having been kept prisoner at Stalag VIII-B / 344, at Lambinowice, Poland. His 'General Questionnaire' shows his date of birth as 9 December 1910, his address noted as 40 Stayton Road, Sutton, Surrey, and that he had previously worked as an Export Clerk. This document also shows that he was captured at Calais, France, 26 May 1940, during the hard-fought rear guard action there.
Estimate: £100-150
Sold with photocopy 'General Questionnaire for British/American Ex-Prisoners of War' and copy Ancestry POW roll mention, confirming L-Cpl Baker as having been kept prisoner at Stalag VIII-B / 344, at Lambinowice, Poland. His 'General Questionnaire' shows his date of birth as 9 December 1910, his address noted as 40 Stayton Road, Sutton, Surrey, and that he had previously worked as an Export Clerk. This document also shows that he was captured at Calais, France, 26 May 1940, during the hard-fought rear guard action there.
Estimate: £100-150