Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star (826 Pte. W. Palmer. R. War: R.) nearly very fine £70-£90

Walter Palmer was born at Peckham, London in 1885 and attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 October 1914, and was wounded by shrapnel to both arms later than month. Captured and taken Prisoner of War at Zillebeke on 31 October 1914, he was held at Schneidermuhl, Poland and at Freidrichsfeld Prisoner of War Camps.