Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Warrant Officer Class II J. S. Grant, South African Engineer Corps, late Transvaal Scottish, who was Mentioned in Despatches

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 copy clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘27497 J. S. Grant’ minor edge bruising to the last two, good very fine (5) £80-£100

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

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John Sim Grant was born in Roodeport, Transvaal on 26 February 1903 and was employed as a blacksmith by Crown Mines on his enlistment in the Transvaal Scottish in August 1940. Transferring to the South African Engineer Corps (S.A.E.C.) early in the following year, he was posted to 40 Railway Construction Company and embarked for Egypt in June 1941. The company moved to Palestine in November 1941, where it remained employed until returning to Egypt in July 1942. Mentioned in despatches for his services in North Africa (London Gazette 13 January 1944, refers), Grant witnessed further active service in Italy in the period November 1943 to September 1945. He was discharged as a Warrant Officer Class II in Johannesburg in November 1945.