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1914 Mons Star, 8731 Sjt. J. Pattison, Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Well Known Copy!
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I've struggled to find much information about this particular fake on the internet, but have seen it described in old books as a 'well known fake' - perhaps not so much anymore! Anyway, when I came across this Star, named identically to one I'd sold previously, and knowing they could not be the same Star, I decided to dig into it.....
The U.S. Army Hospitals 1943-1945, Great Malvern, Worcestershire
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Opened in 1943 were five hospitals to the South East of Great Malvern, utilised by the United States Army to treat a stream of casualties from the invasion of Europe. These hospitals were Brickfields Hospital, Wood Farm Hospital, Blackmore Park One, Blackmore Park Two and Merebrook Hospital. Most of the hospital sites found post-war use for Dutch, Belgian, French and British Army camps. I take a walk around the sites, to see what remains...
American Use of the British Battledress
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This is a piece leaving the shop this week, which was obtained by us from the USA. It's large size and bears American insignia and appears to have been used by an American soldier whilst based in the UK, with the 9th Air Force.
RAF Horham and the Red Feather Club Museum
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Home of the 95th Bomb Group of the US 8th Air Force, I take a walk around the remains of the airbase and the Red Feather Club Museum.
William W Keeling, from Alvechurch, Worcestershire, Killed 23 November 1940
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