Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Attributed to Private J. A. Smith, Canadian Parachute Battalion

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, all unnamed as issued; together with the recipient’s Canadian Parachute ‘wings’ and wound stripe cloth insignia, good very fine (5) £100-£140

James Alfred Smith, a native of Toronto, Ontario, attested for the Canadian Forces on 15 March 1943, and qualified as a Paratrooper on 9 July 1943. He served with the Canadian Parachute Battalion in North-West Europe post D-Day, and is believed to have been wounded on 18 August 1944 (Out of the Clouds, the History of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion lists a ‘J. Smith’ as having been wounded on 18 August 1944).

Sold with the recipient's two Soldier’s Pay Books; a selection of approximately 55 wartime photographs; and various newspaper cuttings.