Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Trooper J. Smith, 2nd Life Guards and Guards Machine Gun Regiment

1914 Star, with copy clasp (2661 Tpr. J. Smith. 2/Life Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (2661 A-Cpl. J. Smith. L. Gds.); together with two Life Guards collar badges; two Life Guards shoulder titles; and a Life Guards arm badge, nearly very fine (3) £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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John Smith served with the 2nd Life Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 October 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps and then to the Guards Machine Gun Regiment. The recipient’s medal index card states that his British War and Victory medals were returned under King’s Regulations 1923 Para 992 but were reissued in April 1939.