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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 845

(x) National Skating Association of Great Britain (Midland Counties) Champion Medal 1938, hallmarked 9 carat gold, (Winner Raymond A. Smith), minor contact marks, very fine

Raymond Arthur Smith was born in Leicester on 9 February 1921. Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War he was a talented skater and motorcycle enthusiast, winning the Championship Medal for the Midland Counties from the National Skating Association. Enlisting in the Royal Air Force in December 1940, Smith qualified as Radio Operator and was subsequently posted to No. 76 Squadron (under none other than Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire) in February 1943. Transferred to No.10 Squadron with his crew in early July 1943. Smith was shot down early on 26 July 1943 over the Netherlands, but succeeded in escaping the German patrols and with the help of Resistance groups made his way through Occupied France into neutral Spain. Promoted Flight Lieutenant in January 1944, Smith survived the war but was discharged as physically unfit in 1952 following a motorcycle accident, later finding work as a publican at The Crown in Gilmorton, Warwickshire and died in March 1997. His D.F.C. group of five was sold in these rooms, 26th July 2017, Lot 393; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£130

Starting price
£60