Auction Catalogue

19 April 2023

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Lot

№ 248

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19 April 2023

Hammer Price:
£65

Pair: Private A. G. Cann, 9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, who was taken prisoner at Beline Brei, on 29 March 1918

British War and Victory Medals (49271 Pte. A. G. Cann. Manch. R.) in named card box of issue with original torn envelope, very fine (2) £50-£70

Alfred George Cann attested for the Manchester Regiment and served with the 1st/9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was taken prisoner of War at Beline Brei on 29 March 1918, and held in Güstrow prisoner of war camp, Germany.

Sold together with original Buckingham Palace facsimile letter from H. M. King George V dated 1918, sent to returned prisoners of war.