Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Medals awarded to Mr J. P. Smith, Director and Chief Engineer, Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd.

Royal Aeronautical Society Silver Medal, by A. Wyon, obverse: a bird of prey in flight with a balloon above (J. P. Smith “For outstanding contributions to Aircraft Design” 1966) 40mm., silver, in fitted John Pinches case of issue; Shooting Medal, by Phillips, Aldershot, obverse: crossed rifles, reverse inscribed, ‘Tanner Cup 1932 J. P. Smith’, 32mm., silvered bronze, in fitted case of issue; another, obverse: soldier standing firing arquebus, reverse inscribed, ‘Tanner Cup 1933 J. P. Smith’, 45mm., bronze, in fitted case of issue; Royal Marines Football Medal, by Phillips, Aldershot, unnamed, 32mm., bronze, in fitted case of issue; together with a Drawing Society Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘H. Smith, 1897’, in fitted Elkington case of issue, extremely fine (5) £150-200

The Royal Aeronautical Society’s Silver Medal was usually awarded annually ‘For work of an exceptional nature leading to major advances or contribution’. The medal was first awarded in 1909; 87 awarded to date. Mr J. P. Smith, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, was awarded the Society’s Silver Medal in 1966. He was latterly Director and Chief Engineer, Civil, of Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd.