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Auction: 17003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 588

Five: Staff Sergeant S. Katz, alias Keith, Royal Army Service Corps

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5)



SALEROOM NOTICE:
Lot now accompanied with the miniature awards attributed to the recipient's brother housed in a memorial frame.



Sidney Katz, alias Keith, was born in February 1920 and enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps in April 1941. Of Jewish descent, he changed his surname to 'Keith' and was employed as a baker in 1st Army in the Middle East and Italy. He was released from service in August 1946. A relative - possibly his brother - Ted Katz was killed in action in Italy whilst serving in the 2/7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surreys; sold with the recipient's original Soldier's Service and Pay Book and Soldier's Release Book (Class 'A')

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Sold for
£25

Sale 17003 Notices
Lot now accompanied with the miniature awards attributed to the recipient's brother housed in a memorial frame.