26th May, 2022 9:30
Fine Art, Antiques & Asian Art
An interesting collection of WWII items relating to 2nd Lieutenant Stanislaw Jasienski, the medal group comprising: Campaign Medal (with M.I.D. oak leaf), Defence Medal, France and Germany Star, Italy Star, Africa Star and 1939-1945 Star, together with a 1943 letter of recommendation from Brigadier G W Lathbury, DSO MBE, an Italy folding silk map, a South Meditteranean folding silk map, a framed certificate commemorating him being M.I.D, loose European coinage, his identity tags and other items. Also included in the lot is a hand-written account by his wife, detailing his movements and capture in 1943/44, having been injured in battle. Jasienski was dropped into Brittany in June 1944 and was shot and then captured, serving time as a POW before being liberated by the Americans.
Sold for £280
An interesting collection of WWII items relating to 2nd Lieutenant Stanislaw Jasienski, the medal group comprising: Campaign Medal (with M.I.D. oak leaf), Defence Medal, France and Germany Star, Italy Star, Africa Star and 1939-1945 Star, together with a 1943 letter of recommendation from Brigadier G W Lathbury, DSO MBE, an Italy folding silk map, a South Meditteranean folding silk map, a framed certificate commemorating him being M.I.D, loose European coinage, his identity tags and other items. Also included in the lot is a hand-written account by his wife, detailing his movements and capture in 1943/44, having been injured in battle. Jasienski was dropped into Brittany in June 1944 and was shot and then captured, serving time as a POW before being liberated by the Americans.
