Pow stalag medal

 WW2 South African Artillery man captured in North African campaign,sent to a Italian then German POW camp for the rest of the war. Lot comes with his medals which are 4 in total,correspondence from both camps,documents which include his rare POW training certificate,POW DOG TAG and other items.All medals named as issued. LOCAL BUYER PAYS R100 POSTNET OVERSEAS BIDDER SEE POSTAGE RATE TABLE FOR SHIPPING OPTIONS

Buy POW ZAR Prisoner of War St. Helena BY A BOER Silver Medal. Very Rare. for R753.00

                                    THE OBSERVER STALAG IVB REPRODUCTION OF A HAND-PRINTED WWII South African PRISONER OF WAR  NEWSPAPER AND ITS STORY, covers show wear but internally very good. Stalag IV-B  was one of the largest  prisoner-of-war camps  in  Germany  during  World War II. 

 Historically  important lot of 18 POW cards sent by Lieutenant Colonel Kriek who was Major General Kloppers Chief of Staff and was captured with him at the fall of Tobruk in 1942.These are sent from a later date when he was in a German Stalag camp.All with messages to his family back in South Africa. LOCAL BUYER PAYS R110 POSTNET OVERSEAS BIDDER SEE POSTAGE RATES TABLE FOR SHIPPING OPTIONS

A full-size correctly named WW2 and Police medal group to WO Stephanus Jacobus Marais SAP number: 197959. Confirmed POW. See pictures of records below. Court mounted for display. PLEASE note: on the reverse of the medals there is some non-acidic clear silicone, probably to keep the medals in place. The medals are correctly named (see pictures) and are in good condition, no damage - my view. The POW status is also confirmed in King's book on the Police - see pictures.   The above picture shows where some twit used non acidic silicone to keep the medals in place. This does not detract from a good complete POW group. The above picture shows the naming on the 1939/45 Star. Naming on the Police Star of Merit shows he received this medal on the 16/05/1965. Naming on the Police Good Service Medal. The above confirms his POW status (Terence King book). Marais's name just above the ruler. WW2 medals confirmed in his records. A nice complete Police WW2 POW medal group. Worthy of much more research. Above WW2 record shows him missing and then confirmed POW. Overseas bidders welcome but you retain the risk of postage. No paypal - only Creditcard. NO SAPO for domestic bidders - only POSTNET (R120.00) or Courier (Please wait for charges). Please do not ask for SAPO as I will delete your bid and register an SNC, even if you win. If you don't like the postage options - Don't bid. Only SA bidders who can access Bobpay or the CC facility should bid. No paypal. Postnet costs include packaging and transport. IF YOU PAY ONLY THE STANDARD  POSTNET COSTS I WILL WITHHOLD THE ITEM UNTIL THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT IS PAID. Payment to be completed within 48 hours of winning bid confirmation

Hard cover with jacket Published by Ian Allan in -  first edition 136 pages with some B&W photographs Red boards in very good conditi on with only minor bumping to spine ends. Internally too the book is in very good condition. Jacket has edgewear with some minor tears to the foldover edges. Light tanning to foldovers mainly at ends. Jacket is not price-clipped.    Most great escape stories so far told have been concerned with the exploits of officer prisoners of war in well-known camps like Colditz and Stalag Luft III. Less well-known but equally heroic were those of the large numbers of RAF NCO pilots, observers and air gunners who fell into German hands. Although early in the war they shared camps with their officers at places like Sagan and cooperated closely in developing effective escape organisations, the NCOs were soon segregated into their own compounds and left to their own resources in the ceaseless struggle to escape. A particularly notorious NCO camp was Heydekrug on the Baltic coast in what was East Prussia – the scene of one of the most remarkable POW exploits of the war. Warrant Officer George Grimson succeeded in establishing an escape route within Nazi Germany itself. One of the great classic escape books, Sergeant Escapers  tells the story of George Grimson and his fellow NCOs and their attempts, successful and unsuccessful, to outwit their captors, frequently in conditions that made Colditz look like a rest camp. The author, was himself a POW and an eye-witness to the unfolding drama of the Grimson escape saga.                   We do combine postage with other purchases so click here to see other books we are selling

Anglo-Boere Oorlog Medalje     Recipient: BURG P.J.J. JORDAAN   His full name is Petrus Jacobus Johannes Jordaan and was in the Heidelberg Kommando.   He was also entitled to the "Lint Voor Verwonding". (Wound Ribbon)   According to his "Vorm B" medal application he fought in Dundee, Modderspruit, Colenso, Spionkop, Estcourt and in smaller skirmishes in the Orange Free State.   At the age of eighteen he was wounded in a battle at Colenso on 19 February 1900.   He was in Heidelberg Hospital from 23 February 1900 to March 1900.   He was captured by the British at Molspruit on 25 May 1901 and spent some time as a POW in Ladysmith and, possibly, Bermuda.   Copies of research will be included.