Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (Capt. L. F. Brown, R.E.) very fine £300-350

Louis Faulkner Brown joined the Royal Engineers as Lieutenant on 8 January 1868. He served in Afghanistan and commanded No. 10 Company Bengal Sappers and Miners in both campaigns, taking part in the advance on Kandahar and the Halmand, and the advance from Kandahar to Kabul, being present at the battle of Ahmed Khel, and eventually returning to India by the Khyber route (Mentioned in despatches, London Gazette 30 July 1880; Brevet of Major; medal with clasp). He became Colonel in March 1898 and later served on the Staff as District Engineer, Hong Kong.