Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 September 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 230

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19 September 2013

Hammer Price:
£200

Four: Private R. O. Smith, Sherwood Foresters, a prisoner-of-war of the Germans who died on 4 March 1944

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4975730 Pte., Foresters); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed, very fine (4) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine Collection of Medals to the Sherwood Foresters.

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Private Robert Owen Smith, 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters, was captured and held in Italian and German camps. He died on 4 March 1944, aged 26 years. He was buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery. With copied research.