INDIA: AR medal (17.67g), VS2000 (1943), 33mm, bust left of Mahatma Gandhi with title in Hindi raashtr pita "Father of the Nation"// vande mataram in Hindi (I pray/bow down to thee, Mother) above national map and flag, reeded edge, About Unc, ex William F. Spengler Collection, Henry Christensen Auction. Vande Mataram is a poem composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1870s, which he included in his 1881 novel Anandamath. The first two verses of the song were adopted as the national song of India in 1937.
Estimate: 75-100 USD