A Collection of Training Ship and Prize Medals

School of Military Engineering Fowke’s Medal, obv. high relief uniformed bust of Francis Fowke left; rev. within a stylized wreath of laurel, ‘Memorial Medal established by the officers of Royal Engineers as an Architectural Prize in the Corps’ (Second-Lieutenant T. E. Morgan, R.E. 1939) 58mm., 7mm. thick, silver, in case of issue, ref. B.H.M. 2940, Eimer 1581, extremely fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Training Ship and Prize Medals.

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Thomas Ellis Morgan was born in 1919. Gaining a B.Sc. in Engineering, he entered the Royal Engineers as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1939 and gained the School of Military Engineering Fowke Medal for that year. He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1961. During the period 1962-65 he was Senior Military Officer and Technical Staff Officer Grade 1 at the Chemical Experimental Establishment at Porton, Wiltshire. For his military services he was awarded the M.B.E. Sold with some copied research.