Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 1001
WWII medal group to Robert George Smith 398 Company RASC 6th Airborne Division comprising 1939/45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal and War Medal, French Normandy D Day medal, medal ribbons and badges of rank, together with personal effects, souvenirs, photographs/sketches and documents. Robert Smith was commissioned at Bristol OTC into the Royal Army Service Corps and joined 398 Company RASC 6th Airborne Division. He was in France on D-Day and remained with his unit until the defeat of Germany in 1945 and beyond, as part of the Force of Occupation in Berlin. On his return to the UK and after his release by the regular army he took up a commission in the Territorial Army in August 1946 and served in Gaza in 1947.Documentation includes Airborne Forces explanatory leaflet dated June 1943 signed by General Browning, original pre D Day instructions marked BIGOT - Top Secret and detailing actions on landing and assembly areas etc., 398 Company RASC war diary covering May to July 1944 including the build up to and landing on D Day, Juno Beach and beyond, Mentioned in Despatches document dated 22/3/1945 with one leaf emblem, 21st Army Group certificate of outstanding good service and devotion to duty signed by Field Marshal B L Montgomery, commission into Territorial Army July 1949, caricature sketches dated 1944 and signed Nutty, German starting pistol, hip flask, enamel Airborne Brotherhood lapel badge etc. and photos depicting his experiences, the majority in NW Europe and mainly of Germany
