Original U.S. WWII AAF Prisoner of War Grouping with Western Union Telegrams, Unpublished Memoir, Caterpillar Club Card, and Great Ephemera - Staff Sergeant James I. Quillin MILITARIA The obverse of the cross

The obverse of the cross bears the date 1914 under the crowned W monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Original U.S. WWII AAF Prisoner of War Grouping with Western Union Telegrams, Unpublished Memoir, Caterpillar Club Card, and Great Ephemera - Staff Sergeant James I. Quillin MILITARIA The obverse of the crossOriginal Items. One of a Kind Group. This is the outstanding ephemera grouping of Prisoner of War Staff Sergeant James Irving Quillin, 508th Bombardment Group, 351st Bombardment Group, whose B 17 Flying Fortress was shot down on October 9th, 1943. Quillin was taken as a German Prisoner of War, and spent very long in captivity at Stalag Luft 3. The grouping includes several Western Union telegrams and letters alerting his family of his capture and