£2,200
A scarce, interesting and extensive archive of WWII period Japanese POW ephemera, amassed by T178560 Private Frederick George Mann, Driver, R.A.S.C relating to his time spent in the notorious Japanese run 'Changi Jail', Singapore, between 1942 and 1945; six miniature volumes incl. an autograph book of camp 'celebrities', signatures and cartoons include Ronald Searle, Denis East; in wooden case; Air Ministry photographs - the construction of Changi aerodrome wartime photographs etc; army pay books and associated documents; the soldiers medals 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; 1939-45 British war medal; an 18th Infantry Div. patch; original 'Changi Souvenier Song Album', Slim Grey/Ray Tullipan; a folio of forty facsimile drawings by Ronald Searle; printed King George 'welcome' document; Japanese Government banknotes; handwritten short letter by Ronald Searle (1946) numerous home to prisoner postcard messages; original pencil drawings of camp and conditions, later redrawn as pen an ink; official and personal correspondence; a list of 'prison personalities'; hospital record; an original camp compiled 'Roll of Honour' incl. KIA from 1942-1945; an original camp compiled 'Odds & Sods' booklet containing sketches, record of camp deaths etc etc; original camp bulletins; original prisoner document agreeing not to escape; London gazette 1948 'Operations of Malaya Command 1941-1942; Japanese banknotes (7); handwritten short letter by Roland Searle; 'Fepow Forum' 29 issues 1951-1987; associated later ephemera - worthy of inspection
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