Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

Pair: Private F. Smith, Leicestershire Regiment

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (4856889 Pte., Leic. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4856889 Pte., Leic. R.), good very fine or better (2) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Leicester Regiment and Yeomanry formed by the late Trevor Harris.

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A member of the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, Smith was taken P.O.W. by the Japanese during the Malayan Peninsula and Singapore operations of 1941-42 (regimental sources refer).