Original Items: Only One Group Available. Now this is an incredible named grouping! This is a group belonging to Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Egner, a WW1 and WW2 veteran! In 1946, being a Grand Mason out of the Baltimore Lodge, he even organized a Masons Lodge in Berlin after the war! He had a long and illustrious career with the United States Army.

Raymond A. Egner, who acted as defense counsel for Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, the "Tiger of Malaya," during the first major war crimes trial after World War II, died August 29, 1993 of complications from intestinal illness at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 94 years old.

General Yamashita led the Japanese attack in 1941 against the British garrison at Singapore and by January of 1942 had won control of the Malay Peninsula.

He was convicted of allowing his troops to commit atrocities against men, women and children and prisoners of war when in command of the Philippines, and was executed in 1946.

Mr. Egner was then sent to Berlin as a judge advocate at the German war crimes trials.

After his retirement from the Army in 1955 at Fort McClellan, Alabama, he returned to his native Baltimore and resumed the practice of law at an office in the Fidelity Building.

This Grouping Consists of the Following Items:
- Name Tag: The name tag is all leather with a clear plastic “window” with the name “Edger” on it.

- x2 Cloth Ribbons “Stacks”: The ribbon bars consist of 10 ribbons with devices.

WW1 Victory Medal
American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, EAME Campaign Medal
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal, WW2 Service Medal
Army of Occupation Medal, Medal For Humane Action, Philippine Independence Medal

Ribbons/Medals Featuring Devices:
- European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal: 2 Stars
- Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal: 1 Star
- Army of Occupation Medal: Berlin Airlift “Airplane” Device. The Berlin Airlift Device was established to recognize members of United States Armed Forces units who served at least 92 consecutive days with a unit credited with taking part in the operation.

- Miniature Medal Bar: The medal bar features the same awards with devices as mentioned above.

- x3 US Army Eagle Visor Devices

- x3 Patches: The patches are two 29th Infantry Division shoulder patches, one WW1 and one WW2. The third patch we believe to be WW1 or interwar period for the Maryland Defense Force State Guard.

- x6 Uniform Collar Devices: 2 devices are for the “5th Maryland” 175th Infantry Regiment, a number 5 over crossed rifles and the other 2 crossed rifles are for the 175th which have a number 175 over top instead of the single 5. The remaining 2 devices are the standard “US” devices but feature an “MD” on them for the Maryland National Guard. All 6 appear to be from his service in WW1.

- x5 Loose Unit Citations: All the unit citations are “gold” bordered and they are as follows; Presidential Unit Citation, x2 Philippine Presidential Unit Citations, Meritorious Unit Citation and a Valorous Unit Award

- x2 “Right Facing” Colonel Rank Insignia

- x2 175th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignias “DUI”

- 29th Infantry Division / 175th Infantry Regiment Tie Clasp

- 1 Dog Tag belonging to Colonel Raymond Egner

- Miniature Maryland Distinguished Service Cross Medal

There are a total of 28 items featured in this grouping. This is a very beautiful assortment of items from the legendary 29th Infantry Division, all of which come ready to display!

United States of America vs. Tomoyuki Yamashita. Record of Trial
Manila, Philippines - 8 October - 7 December 1945

On October 8, 1945, a military commission—acting under authority from Gen. Douglas MacArthur—began the trial of Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita on the charge that between October 9, 1944 and September 2, 1945,

“at Manila and at other places in the Philippine Islands, while a commander of [the] armed forces of Japan at war with the United States of America and its allies, [he] unlawfully disregarded and failed to discharge his duty as commander to control the operations of the members of his command, permitting them to commit brutal atrocities and other high crimes against people of the United States and of its allies and dependencies, particularly the Philippines; and he, General Tomoyuki Yamashita, thereby violated the laws of war.”

Two bills of particulars, consisting of 123 distinct paragraphs alleging Yamashita’s violations of the laws of war, were introduced into evidence by the prosecution. The commission heard from 286 persons and received a total of 423 exhibits. The record of trial totaled 4,055 pages.

On December 7, 1945, the fourth anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the military commission found Gen. Yamashita guilty as charged and sentenced him to death by hanging. Yamashita petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States for writs of habeas corpus and prohibition. The opinion of the court, which rejected Yamashita’s petition, was delivered by Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone on February 4, 1946 (327 U.S. 1). President Harry S. Truman likewise rejected Yamashita’s plea for clemency. Gen. MacArthur reviewed the record of trial and affirmed the death sentence recommended by the commission. Yamashita was executed by hanging on February 23, 1946.