A well-documented group of three awarded to Sergeant J. A. Gardner, né Gartner, Royal Air Fo...

A well-documented group of three awarded to Sergeant J. A. Gardner, né Gartner, Royal Air Force - a German Jew, he arrived in the U.K. in 1934 and served during the Second World War as a volunteer Fire Watcher during the London Blitz, and later with the Royal Air Force France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Hans Augustus Gartner was born in Karlsruhe, Germany on 19 January 1923. A German Jew, he received permission to travel to the U.K. with his parents and arrived at Harwich on 27 April 1934. He worked at the Grand Hotel, Torbay, Devon as a Kitchen Trainee until being interned at the start of the Second World War; upon his release from internment he was required to leave the area, as Torbay was a protected area. He moved to London where, living with his parents, he enlisted as a Fire Watcher whilst working his night shift for the Reboc Engineering Corporation Ltd. He attested for the Royal Air Force on 16 November 1943 as John Alan Gardner and later saw service as an interpreter in Europe, and was appointed Sergeant on 20 February 1945. He became a naturalised British subject on 8 August 1947. Sold with a vast quantity of original German and British paperwork including his German passport, service books, correspondence, British oath of allegiance, naturalisation certificate, original named RAF group photo and medal entitlements.