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Five: Craftsman E. G. C. Cunnington, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, believed to have been a member of the wartime “Jewish Brigade Group”
1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7591935 Cfn., R.E.M.E.), the 1939-45 awards in original addressed card forwarding box, with related Army Council forwarding slip, the last in its original envelope of issue with typed label, together with a rare pair of embroidered wartime “Jewish Brigade” uniform flashes, extremely fine
War Medal 1939-45, unnamed as issued, in original addressed card forwarding box to ‘Mrs. S. A. Cunnington’, with related Army Council slip, extremely fine (8) £200-250
Members of the “Jewish Brigade Group” fought in the Italian and N.W.E. operations 1944-45, openly wore the above described uniform patches and were accordingly executed on the spot if captured.
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