Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain F. P. Smith, Royal Lancaster Regiment, Assistant Provost-Marshal at Cologne

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, the reverse hallmarked London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Capt. F. P. Smith. R. Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. F. P. Smith.); France, Reconnaissance Medal, 3rd Class, bronze, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5) £180-£220

Provenance: Harry Usher Collection and sold with his label.

O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919: Assistant Provost-Marshal at Cologne.

M.I.D. London Gazette 11 December 1917 and 5 July 1919.

French Reconnaissance Medal, 3rd Class, bronze London Gazette 8 March 1920.

Felix Patrick Smith served in France with the 7th (Service) Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment from July 1915 (Wounded). He was promoted to Temporary Captain on 9 July 1915, and to Temporary Captain and Assistant Provost-Marshal on 16 May 1916, holding that appointment until June 1922.