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№ 547

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19 September 2013

Hammer Price:
£270

A Great War M.M. pair awarded to Corporal H. Constant, Canadian Engineers

Military Medal, G.V.R. (272 Cpl. H. Constant, Can. E.); British War Medal 1914-20 (272 Cpl., C.E.) nearly extremely fine (2) £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces.

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M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919.

Hector Constant was born in St. Polycarp, Quebec, on 16 September 1894. A Chauffeur and Mechanic by occupation, he enlisted into the Canadian Engineers at Ottawa in April 1915. Allocated to the 5th Field Company C.E., he arrived in England in April 1915 and in France in April 1917. Awarded the M.M., he was discharged at Montreal in May 1919; sold copied service papers.