Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lance-Corporal C. B. Hansen, 1st (Singapore Volunteer Corps) Battalion Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, who was taken Prisoner of War following the fall of Singapore, and died in captivity on 23 August 1945

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, these privately engraved (12835 L. Cpl C B Hansen 1 Bn S.S.V.F. S.V.C.); Denmark, Kingdom, Participation Medal 1940-45, silver, unnamed as issued, in Michelsen, Copenhagen, card box of issue; together with a Christian X 75th Birthday Badge 1870-1945, silver and enamel, with pin suspension, about extremely fine (5) £240-£280

Provenance: Eric Smith Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009.

Carl Bjorn Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1915, the son of Valdemar and Alice Hansen, and was employed in Singapore as an Assistant with the East Asiatic Company. He served with the 1st (Singapore Volunteer Corps) Battalion, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force during the Second World War, and was taken Prisoner of War following the Fall of Singapore. He died in captivity in Kuching, Borneo, on 23 August 1945, aged 29 years, and is buried in the Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia. He was a recipient of King Christian’s Commemorative Medal for Participation in the War.