A WWI officer's jacket and peaked cap together with medals, ...

Hammer

£550

A WWI officer's jacket and peaked cap together with medals, holster, Sam Browne belt with frog and ephemera. A WWII officer's jacket with Sam Browne. Provenance: Previously belonged to FRANCIS. J. SMITH. The vendor states: "My Grandfather, Francis Jermyn Smith, served in the First and Second World Wars.
My family have kept his uniforms from both wars. You can see on the older uniform that there is a series of cuts on one of the arms. My Grandfather served in the trenches and this damage was caused by a shell which narrowly missed him.
After WWI Francis became a very successful fruit and potato merchant. He became a Major in the Home Guard. He was awarded an MBE for his activities in supplying potatoes across the country during the war. He was a tireless, highly enthusiastic man who made the very best of standing in the right place to avoid a shell in a WWI trench.