Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Gunner R. F. Calland, Royal Artillery, taken Prisoner of War in North Africa, 1943

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (927578 Gnr. R. F. Calland. R.A.) clasp loose on riband, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Prisoners of War.

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R. F. Calland served with the Royal Artillery in North Africa, and was taken prisoner of war there in 1943. He was interned at Slalag IV-D/Z at Torgau, Saxony-Anhalt; in 1944 this camp became a repatriation camp for prisoners who were to be returned either for exchange or due to ill health, and the camp was liberated in April 1945.