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A Great War D.S.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant F. C. Smith, Royal Naval Air...
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A Great War D.S.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant F. C. Smith, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, Observer to Flight Commander Sorley in the attack on the Breslau and also in the subsequent attacks on the Goeben; he was later killed in an aerial fight over the Dardanelles in July 1918 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarked 1917, with case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. C. Smith, R.A.F.) extremely fine (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.C. London Gazette 14 September 1918: ‘Obs. Sub-Lieut. Frederick Charles Smith, R.N.A.S. (now Lieut., RAF). Acted as observer for Flt. Cdr. Sorley during a determined and successful bombing attack on the Breslau on the 20th January, 1918, and also during subsequent day and night attacks on the Goeben.’ Flight Commander Sorley also received the DSC, ‘For the determined and successful bombing attacks on the Breslau and Goeben on the 20th January, 1918, and subsequent days, both by day and by night.’ F. C. Smith was killed in an aerial fight somewhere in the Dardanelles on 22 July 1918, and is buried in Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli. Sold with copied research.
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A Great War D.S.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant F. C. Smith, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, Observer to Flight Commander Sorley in the attack on the Breslau and also in the subsequent attacks on the Goeben; he was later killed in an aerial fight over the Dardanelles in July 1918 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarked 1917, with case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. C. Smith, R.A.F.) extremely fine (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.C. London Gazette 14 September 1918: ‘Obs. Sub-Lieut. Frederick Charles Smith, R.N.A.S. (now Lieut., RAF). Acted as observer for Flt. Cdr. Sorley during a determined and successful bombing attack on the Breslau on the 20th January, 1918, and also during subsequent day and night attacks on the Goeben.’ Flight Commander Sorley also received the DSC, ‘For the determined and successful bombing attacks on the Breslau and Goeben on the 20th January, 1918, and subsequent days, both by day and by night.’ F. C. Smith was killed in an aerial fight somewhere in the Dardanelles on 22 July 1918, and is buried in Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli. Sold with copied research.
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