Four: Captain E. J. V. Baumgartner, Royal Engineers, later Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. J. V. Baumgartner); France, Republic, Academic Society of International History (2), neck badge, 83mm including wreath suspension x 60mm, gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Medal, bronze, with rosette on riband; together with the related miniature awards, very fine (4) £70-£90

Eric Jocelyn Vane Baumgartner was born in Ceylon on 20 April 1887 and was educated at Bedford Grammar School. Commissioned into the Royal Engineers, he served with them during the Great War in Egypt from March 1916, before transferring to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and was advanced Captain. In civilian life he was employed by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps on 14 June 1940, before resigning his commission on 3 October 1940. He changed his surname by Deed Poll to Percy on 18 October 1940, and died in Risborough, Buckinghamshire, on 6 January 1962.
The circumstances concerning how he earned the French awards are not known.

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