Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

School of Military Engineering, Captain A. E. Haynes Medal for Field Fortifications, 56mm, bronze (3) (1863844 Sapper C. H. Blake 77 Party; No. 1860062 Sapper E. Brown. “D”. Coy.; No. 23509 Pioneer E. Downes. R.E. 1913) first in its John Pinches, London fitted box of issue, one or two edge bruises, generally good very fine (3) £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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Ernest Downes enlisted in the Royal Engineers in January 1913 and was embarked for France in 23 Field Company, R.E., in August 1914. His inter-war appointments include a tour of duty in the Rhine Railway Company in Germany, and he was discharged as a Lance-Sergeant in April 1934.