BRITISH WWII BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP UNIFORM AND DOCUMENTS.

A complete uniform comprising four pocket service tunic, trousers, Sam Browne belt, Swagger stick, service shoes and visor cap belonging to Lieutenant H.A. Chapman the Royal Norfolk Regiment Royal Artillery. Excellent condition visor cap, Royal Artillery badge, standard brown strap, interior sweatband all complete, ‘Moss Bros’ gilded label to the upper inner crown of the cap, no moth damage. Four pocket service tunic with a Stud and ‘Millington Conduit Street, London W1’ tailors label to the tunic, standard four pocket configuration open collar wear, all King’s Crown Royal Artillery buttons fitted, bronze Royal Artillery collar badges, twin rank pips in bronze to each shoulder board, no moth damage or staining. Complete with the straight leg service trousers, again without any moth damage. Sam Browne in excellent condition. A set of brown service shoes. A photograph of Chapman wearing this uniform is with a large format print of the 481st Field Battery 112 Field Regiment football team, he is standing to the left of the image wearing this very uniform. Attached to the uniform are his 1939-45 Star, France and German Star, War & Defence Medal. Accompanying the uniform is a 12 inch record dated ‘1942’ handwritten ‘Belsen 1945 from Hungarian Band’. Accompanying the record is a card, which reads ‘I wish you Happy Christmas and New Year, please accept our souvenir kindly in the name of the Hungarians in Bergen-Belsen’. Further documents include Belsen Camp pass issued to Lieutenant Chapman 273988, he is authorised to enter into Belsen Camp dated ‘19th June 1945’. A letter probably from the Hungarian contingent, which reads ‘Please allow me to express my grateful thanks for you much unselfish help shown towards us, I knew that you have much annoyance while you are working so please receive kindly from me this good humour making modest remembrance, which is sent with this letter.’ with an unknown pen signature. Standard letter from the War Office dated ‘22nd June 1946’ releasing Chapman from his army service and entitling him to keep his honorary rank of Lieutenant. Lastly a single canvas double sided printed card as entry for the 129th Infantry Brigade officers club at Hohne (Belsen Camp). A highly interesting artefact from the concentration camp of WWII.

Code: 80353