Brett Hendey Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Having had my Korean War medal collection out of storage for a short time, I thought I would share my latest acquisition, a group of five medals to C/JX. 760232 Petty Officer K W Stanyer RN. This group was sold by the PO's family to a local dealer and I obtained the medals from him. The group came with two driver's licences issued by the Federation of Malaya and Colony of Singapore to Stanyer in the mid-1950's. His address is given as the Military Corrective Establishment at Kinrara, near Kuala Lumpur.Although the family has Stanyer's service papers they have decided not to part with them. Also, they will not allow them to be copied. It seems that Stanyer's medals and his service history will be forever parted.Brett Edited December 11, 2012 by Brett Hendey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Brett - a very nice and interesting Group - but, how strange they wouldn't want his record kept with them ? Bad enough when they erased the names on medals since they thought it was a 'disgrace' to sell family medals. We will look forward to seeing more from your collection. Mervyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigade-Piron Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Nice pieces! It would be nice to see some more pictures of your Korean War collection too! Edited December 11, 2012 by Brigade-Piron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Hendey Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 MervynThe strangest part of the story of the service records is that they were offered to the dealer with the medals, but he took only the two driver's licences and not the official and original RN service records. When I contacted the family and offered to buy the papers, the approaches, which were made several times, proved fruitless. Very strange!I am hesitant about posting British medals here, because I have little of quality to share.BPI must check to see what of my small Korean War collection I have already posted on the GMIC.RegardsBrett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Brett - if you posted them originally on the Korean Forum - then they would be very welcome to be shown here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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