Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Woolwich and Sandhurst Athletics Medal, 51mm, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘R. C. Wellesley 1886’, in its fitted E. Tyler, London box of issue; Royal Engineers Medal for Shooting, 32mm, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Maj. J. Ford 1962’, in its fitted NAAFI box of issue; Royal Engineers Medal for Field Works, 32mm, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Fieldworks 136 Party 3 T.B. R.E. 1946 14969523 Spr. Kirby G.E.’, in fitted box, the lid embossed ‘Royal Engineers 1919’; Royal Engineers Rifle Association Medal, 39mm, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Winning Team (2424) Spr. D. Vaughan 28th Co. 85 Points’, with top ‘1904’ brooch bar, in its embossed red leather box of issue, edge bruising and contact marks to third, generally very fine and better (4) £100-£140

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

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Richard Colley Wellesley, a scion of the Dukes of Wellington, served for many years in the Medway Division of Submarine Miners, R.E. He was appointed an Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1898.