Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant E. L. Smith, Canadian Engineers and Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. L. Smith) very fine (2) £200-£300

Eric Leonard Smith was born at Thurso, Quebec, on 28 December 1891, and was a Telephone Electrician when he enlisted at Ottawa on 29 March 1916, into the 8th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. He was a Lieutenant with the Signal Training Depot in December 1916 and subsequently transferred to the Canadian Engineers. He is one of the officers listed in the Toronto Star of 14 September 1918, as having been appointed for service with the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force as a Captain in the Signal Company. Sold with copied Attestation Papers and aforementioned news cutting.