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Auction: 22003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 273

Three: Private L. S. Wolff, East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry - one of a handful of Jewish servicemen in his unit

1914-15 Star (1471 Pte. L. S. Wolff. E. R. of York. Y.); British War and Victory Medals (1471 Pte. L. S. Wolff. E. R. of York. Y.), nearly extremely fine (3)

Lewis Smaje Wolff was born on 28 December 1892 at Hull and by 1911 was a student living at home at 41 Lambert Street. Having been educated at Hull Technical College, he took Chemistry at the University of London in 1911.

Wolff served in Egypt with the East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry from 10 November 1915 and latterly as a Lance-Corporal with the Machine Gun Corps (No. 150493). According to the records of his unit, he was one of just five soldiers who declared themselves as Jewish for their service during the Great War. Discharged in March 1919, he went on to be a Schoolmaster in South Africa. Wolff died in 1972 at Pretoria, South Africa; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£400

Starting price
£70