Canada. A Canadian Forces Decoration Group To Corporal D.w. Smith United Republic of as the USS Asheville had

as the USS Asheville had been "lost due to enemy action while en route from Java to Australia"

By the end of 1940 he was posted to a Luftwaffe Construction Battalion

28 mm (w) x 90

Clarke applied for his Canadian Forces' Decoration on February 17

measuring 15 mm (w) x 26

Canada. A Canadian Forces Decoration Group To Corporal D.w. Smith United Republic of as the USS Asheville hadFrance and Germany Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; and Canadian Forces' Decoration with Additional Ten Years' Service Clasp, George VI (CPL. D. W. SMITH). Naming is officially engraved on the reverse of the suspension bar on the CFD, the other medals are un named as issued. Court mounted, very light contact, plated, original ribbons, very fine.