Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

School of Military Engineering, Captain A. E. Haynes Medal for Field Fortifications (3), 56mm, bronze (No. 21129 Sapper S. Mawson R.E. 1911.; 145501 Sapper J. Pilling 278 Party R.E.; No. 170636 Sapper J. J. Price 309 Party) last in its NAAFI fitted box of issue, minor edge bruise to first, generally good very fine (3) £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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Sidney Alfred Mawson enlisted in the Royal Engineers in February 1911 and served in 5 Field Company, R.E., in France from August 1914. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 5th (Pioneers) Battalion of the South Wales Borderers in November 1916, he saw considerable action in the period leading up to the Armistice and was mentioned in despatches.

James Tyrer Pilling served in 157 Field Company, R.E., in France from November 1916 until March 1917, when he was appointed a Foreman of the Works Staff Sergeant in the Establishment of the Engineering Services.