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The wartime memento was owned by Marcel Zillessen, who helped mastermind the breakout of 76 men from the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp in 1944.

A Gresham School swagger stick that belonged to Great Escape hero Marcel Zillessen will go up for auction with Hansons.

The wartime memento was owned by Marcel Zillessen, who helped mastermind the breakout of 76 men from the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp in 1944. It's expected to sell for hundreds of pounds

The riding crop dates back to the early 1930s and will be put up for auction in May.

Wreckage memoribilia from crash site in Thames estuary of famous aviator bought by Kent Battle of Britain Museum

A section of the parachute door from the last plane flown by the pioneering aviator was purchased at auction by Kent Battle of Britain Museum.

The pioneering aviator died when her plane crashed into the Thames near Herne Bay in January 1941.

The only surviving fragment of vanished pilot Amy Johnson’s doomed plane has been sold after reappearing 83 years after her fatal crash.

A fragment of wreckage from the last plane flown by a pioneering British aviator Amy Johnson could fetch thousands after being discovered 83 years…

The piece is said to have been fished out of the Thames estuary by a Royal Navy sailor.