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  1. MWC 79 - 1940s British Prisoners of War

    by , Feb 15, 2017 at 06:23 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)

    Name, Rank and Military Number. The Geneva Convention attempts to ensure the basic rights of prisoners on all sides of any conflict, German POW camps during WW2 were carefully segregated into Officer, NCO ranks and lower-rank servicemen. They also kept the different forces, Army, Navy and Airforce, separated into different camps.
    The camps themselves would usually have Senior Officer or NCO who ...
  2. MWC 76 - 1940s American Airman

    by , Jan 28, 2017 at 12:06 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)

    Nice little story to go with this issue's watch which is based on the Gallet Commander, an expensive and unusual watch for the period.

    Lieutenant James Richard Hoel and his fellow Aircrew from 322nd Bombardment group arrived in Britain and undertook low-level flight training to avoid German Radar, In ...
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