Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. E. Palmer, 2nd Battalion, East Kent Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in 1940
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6285011. Pte. J. E. Palmer. The Buffs.); 1939-45 Star (6285011 Pte. J. E. Palmer 2nd. Battalion The Buffs) privately engraved naming; War Medal 1939-45 (6285011 Pte. J. E. Palmer The Buffs) privately engraved naming, good very fine (3) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to The Buffs, the East Kent Regiment.

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J. E. Palmer attested for the East Kent Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion in pre-War Palestine and subsequently as part of the British Expeditionary Force in France. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Dunkirk between 10 May and 16 June 1940, being held at Stalag Thorn Podgorz.