Original WW2 Royal Norfolk Regiment Soldier’s casualty medals to 5777831 Pte William Percival Palmer who died aged 26 on the 15th of February 1942 at he Fall of Singapore. Lot consists of 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War and Defence medals, box of issue still retains part of the address in Hemmings Way, silk Royal Norfolk Regiment sweetheart handkerchief, small original photo of Pte Palmer as a child, 1994 dated reply letter from the CWGC, original 1994 Watford Observer newspaper cutting relating to the story of Pte Palmer and his family that were left behind in the United Kingdom and photocopied photos of him and his grave etc in Singapore. Unfortunately the cond olence slip is not present but the Pacific Star and 39-45 Star were privately engraved by the family at the time of being issued. The box of issue still retains part of the address which is confirmed in the newspaper article. The item “Original WW2 Royal Norfolk Regiment Soldier’s Casualty Medals Fall of Singapore” is in sale since Friday, March 13, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “chp19071976″ and is located in London. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
- Service: Army
- Era: 1914-1945
