A Rare Second War British Escapee's Kit Auction Acting Corporal Wilfrid Bain Groff

Acting Corporal Wilfrid Bain Groff survived the war

He transferred to the 1st Battalion on 12 October 1812 and served in the Peninsula from December 1812

The throat and chape held firmly in place via two screws each

A 1860-1866 Order of Leopold in Gold

A Rare Second War British Escapee's Kit Auction Acting Corporal Wilfrid Bain GroffIncludes three items: Waterproof Sealed Matchbook (matchbook with twenty matches, unopened, sealed under a clear plastic cover, on a thick black plastic base, 37 mm x 64 mm); Razor Blade (steel, magnetic, blade individually paper wrapped, in an unopened paper package, marked "Cru Steel STAR British Made RAZOR BLADE" on the obverse, marked " "FOR TOUGH BEARDS" ALSO FIT GEM AND EVER READY RAZORS" on the reverse, 22 mm x 41 mm); and Mini Compass