Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (5273 Corpl. J. Salsbury. Rl. Engineers; 5656. Sapper C. Freeman. R.E.) both impressed naming, good very fine (2) £100-£140

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

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John Salsbury was born in the parish of St. Saviour’s, London in April 1839 and enlisted in the Royal Sappers and Miners as a boy recruit in July 1858; the corps was re-titled the Royal Engineers in October 1859. In his subsequent career of 21 years with the Colours, he was onetime stationed in Corfu but witnessed no active service. Awarded his L.S. and G.C. Medal in 1876, he was discharged as a Corporal in February 1879.

Cornelius Freeman was born in Woolwich, Kent in July 1844 and enlisted in the Royal Sappers and Miners as a boy recruit in July 1858; the corps was re-titled the Royal Engineers in October 1859. In his subsequent career of 24 years with the Colours, he undertook tours of duty in Bermuda, Malta and Nova Scotia but witnessed no active service. Awarded his L.S. and G.C. Medal in 1881, he was discharged as a Sapper in May 1883 and died in Medway, Kent in September 1930.