Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private E. Smith, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British War and Victory Medals (322 Pte. E. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (322 Pte. E. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B336837) very fine and better (3) £180-£220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Edward Smith attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 19 May 1914, and served during the Great War in the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, before subsequently transferring to the Labour Corps. He was discharged due to sickness on 1 April 1919.

Sold together with a brass Buckinghamshire Battalion cap badge; a Labour Corps brass cap badge; original issue slip for the Silver War Badge to Edward Smith, late No. 353490, Labour Corps; and an original letter to the recipient from his brother Leslie, who was serving in 2/22 London Regiment, dated June 1916, addressed to Pte. E. Smith Signalling Section, 1/1st Hunts Cyclist Battalion, Scarboro.’

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