Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal A. E. Jones, Army Post Office Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (147 Cpl. A. E. Jones. A.P.O. Corps); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 1st ‘coinage head’ issue (Anthony Edward Jones.) good very fine (2) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward De Santis.

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Anthony Edward Jones was born in April 1864 and enlisted in the 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Post Office Rifles) on 23 February 1884, giving his home address as Islington, London; in civilian life he was a postman. He served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Army Post Office Corps, and was discharged on 1 November 1901.