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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 373

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14565990 Pte. G. R. Taylor. E. Yorks.), very fine

G. R. Taylor was wounded in action with the 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment on 27 February 1945 in North West Europe. They were serving as part of 'Operation Veritable' in the Reichswald Forest, in and around Schaddenhof Farm. Commenting on the swathes of German paratroopers who continued to put up bitter opposition, a comrade of Taylor thought that '...they all looked to be about 7 feet tall. Whether they were drunk or drugged I don't know but they appeared to just keep coming forward without trying to take cover.'

Sold together with copied Casualty List.

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Sold for
£130

Starting price
£40