Above, Left to Right: Lot 3187 and Lot 3120.
There is also a 1940 WWII German board game, Wir Kampfen gegen den Feind, alongside a rare WWII Special Forces collection relating to Sgt. Raymond William Greenley, featuring four medals from the Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force.
Lot Number: 3187
WWII Special Forces collection relating to Sgt. Raymond William Greenley of the Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force. The lot includes a set of four medals: The French and German Star, The 1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, and War Medal, along with Parachute Regiment shoulder titles, Pegasus insignia, a soldier's release book, a safe conduct leaflet, a news article featuring Sgt. Ray Greenley's first-hand account, and other ephemera. Sgt. Ray Greenley of Newbiggin, Malton, was the first British paratrooper of the First Allied Airborne Army to be dropped east of the Rhine on 24th March 1945. Estimate £200-400.
Lot Number: 3120
WWII German board game, "Wir Kämpfen gegen den Feind" (We Fight Against the Enemy), manufactured by Goebel Spiele in 1940. The game includes a color-printed, foldable game board depicting the British Isles with concentric distance circles, three rotating discs, and fifteen game pieces comprising three submarines, seven bombers, and five fighter planes. It is housed in its original box. Estimate £100-200.
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