£20.00 - £40.00
A WW2 69th Infantry Division shoulder patch given to Flying Officer Michael Booker by P.F.C. Alan H. Murphey, one of four Americans who were the first to enter and liberate Colditz Castle (Oflag IVc) on 16th April 1945.
The associated photograph shows all four P.F.Cs on the terrace of Colditz Castle after the liberation including (left to right) P.F.C. Burrows, P.F.C. Murphey, P.F.C. Giegnas and P.F.C. Miller, all four of which received the Silver Star for liberating Schloss Colditz Oflag IVc.
P.F.C. Alan H. Murphey received the formal surrender from German Hauptmann Reinhold Eggers in the courtyard of the castle. This lot also includes a picture of P.F.C. Alan H. Murphey (on left) in Altenhain, April 1945.
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