A Prisoner Of War Letter From A German POW In Algeria 1944 Newly Listed light contact and discolouration

light contact and discolouration

privately engraved on the UNKM and officially engraved on the CLSM

upper in red

Cecil Herbert Downing enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force (R225855) at RCAF Divisional Headquarters on June 28

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A Prisoner Of War Letter From A German POW In Algeria 1944 Newly Listed light contact and discolourationLetter was written by a German prisoner of war at Oran, Algeria. The front panel inscribed "PRISONER OF WAR", handwritten message in black ink on the inside spread from Gefreiter Gerhard Haubold, Prisoner of War number E131, dated August 9, 1944, addressed to "Familie Alex Haubold 10 Dresden 28 Braunsdorfer Strasse 9 Deutschland", United States Army Examiner stamp and a severed label inscribed "Geffnet" (Open) beside two Wehrmacht stamps, certain