Auction Catalogue

21 July 2021

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 373

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21 July 2021

Hammer Price:
£180

Pair: Major N. E. Smith, Royal Army Service Corps, later Royal Army Ordnance Corps

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Capt. N. E. Smyth. RASC); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, Northern Ireland, second clasp unofficially attached, as issued (Capt. N. E. Smyth. R.A.O.C.) mounted court-style as worn; together with a small silver identity tag, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £200-£240

Neil Erskine Smyth was born at Bristol on 3 October 1934 at Bristol and was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps on 6 August 1954, and was promoted Lieutenant on 6 August 1956, and Captain on 6 August 1960. He transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 15 July 1965, and was promoted Major on 30 June 1967. He retired on 3 July 1971.