FRANCE: Set of 6 WW2 era medals glued on
the diploma of the WW2 Commemorative
Medal, to a Sergeant of the 423rd Pioneer
Regiment, who participated in the Battle
of France (1940), was captured by the
German Forces and spent the rest of the War
as Pow at the STALAG XA (in Schleswig) and
at the notorious STALAG XB (in Sandbostel,
Lower Saxony) a PoW Camp also known as
"little Bergen Beslen" because of its horrible
conditions and inhumane treatment of the
Allied personnel.
Between 1939 and 1945 several hundred
thousands POWs of 55 nations passed
through the STALAG XB camp and thousands
of them (the range is estimated between 8.000
to 50.000) died there of hunger, disease, or
were killed by the guards.
The medals from left to right and from top to
bottom:
- WW2 Combatants Cross.
- WW2 War Cross 1939, rare gilt example.
- War Cross TOE (for Overseas Operations)
- WW2 Cross of Volunteer Combatants.
- WW2 Commemorative Medal.
- Order of Social Merit, Knight's Star.
FULL SIZE
WW2 1939 – 1945
Items 100% original - ribbons original
Condition as on the photos: All medals are
glued on the diploma. The diploma is folded
and in places torn.
GREAT ADDITION TO EVERY COLLECTION!!!!!!
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