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23 November 2009
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Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith
Eric Smith
Offered for sale today is the first selection from the collection of my friend Eric Smith, who sadly passed away on 21 December 2008. Eric was not that well known in the medal world but he was a great enthusiast for the hobby and compiler of records.
His interests were many and varied, as his collection demonstrates, and includes World War II casualties, a fine series of George VI Naval LS & GC awards, Indian campaign medals to both soldiers and followers, medals to women and anything else that caught his eye.
Eric, born on 4 May 1928, was from south London and, after working as an office boy at the BBC during the latter years of the last War, joined the Royal Navy and saw active service off the coast of Palestine and also in the Suez Canal area. He remained an enthusiast of the navy for the rest of his life.
On leaving the service Eric trained as a draftsman and began a collection of militaria. By the 1960s he had moved to Cornwall and began work with English China Clays at St Austell, while his militaria collection started to focus on medals.
From an early point in his collecting life Eric was always interested in the man...
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