Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: attributed to Captain K. T. Marten-Smith, Royal Army Service Corps

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, unnamed, good very fine (lot) £50-70

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 April 1946.

With a number of related buttons, badges and ‘pips’; three cloth ‘R.A.S.C.’ shoulder titles; three Norfolk ‘bull-dog’ cloth patches; other cloth insignia; two sweetheart brooches, a wristwatch and a sewing kit. Together with a number of related papers, including a photograph of the recipient; a group photograph post card; medal forwarding slip; War Office slips (3) re. his mention in despatches; envelopes (2) addressed to Captain K. Marten-Smith; two other wartime envelopes; War Office Identification Card; National Registration Identity Card of Dorothy Marten-Smith; three Personal Message Sheets to 21 Army Group from the C-in-C Field Marshal B. L. Montgomery; and a 21 Army Group card of thanks.

A note with the lot states ‘Captain Marten-Smith, in Antwerp during the Battle of the Bulge, bravely rescued a child from a burning building hit by “Doodlebugs”, despite a fierce German offensive.’