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Auction 31  17-19 May 2018
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Lot 1444

Starting price: 65 USD
Price realized: 60 USD
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GREAT BRITAIN: George V, 1910-1936, AR military medal, India General Service Medal, bust of George V left in full regalia, GEORGIVS V KAISAR-I-HIND around // Jamrud Fort at the Khyber Pass with the word INDIA below between a wreath of oak and olive branches, with new ribbon, awarded to 343 Sepoy Lachhman Singh, K.I.S. Rifles, VF, ex Ajit Singh Collection. The Indian General Service Medal (1909 IGSM) was a campaign medal approved on 1 January 1909 for issue to officers and men of the British and Indian armies. From 1919 it was also awarded to officers and men of the Royal Air Force, with the Waziristan 1925 clasp awarded solely to the RAF. The 1909 IGSM was awarded for various minor military campaigns in India from 1908 to 1935. Each campaign was represented by a clasp on the ribbon; 12 were sanctioned. For early campaigns it was awarded in silver to combatants and in bronze to native bearers and servants. From 1919 onwards all awards were in silver.

Estimate: 75-100 USD
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