India General Service Medal 1895-1902. Victoria, silver issue with clasp 'Relief of Chitral 1895' (4733 Pte F. W. Durrant 1st Bn K.R.R.C.)

Medal(s) & clasp(s) verification: Private Frank Walter Durrant 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, is confirmed entitled to two awards of the India General Service 1854 & 1895 medals, with respective clasps per the below cited campaign medal roll sources:

- IGS 1854 with clasp 'Samana 1891': Ref WO 100/75
- IGS 1895 with clasp 'Relief of Chitral 1895': Ref WO 100/78, c...  read more

Code: 23810

India General Service Medal 1895-1902. Victoria, silver issue with 2 x clasps 'Punjab Frontier 1897-98' & 'Tirah 1897-98' (306 Color Sergt. W. Baker 1st. Bn. Devon. Regt.)

Medal(s) & Clasps Verification: Colour-Sergeant William Baker's entitlement to the awards of the India General Service 1895 with clasps, together with a Military Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (EDVII issue) are confirmed per below cited regimental campaign medal roll(s) of 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, and respective Army Order:

- IGS 1895 2 x clasps: WO 100/86, dated Jul...  read more

Code: 23808

India General Service Medal 1908-35. GV second issue with clasp 'North West Frontier 1930-31' (8336 Sep. Dhian Singh, 5-12 F.F.R.)

The recipient was an Indian soldier of the Sikh faith serving as a Sepoy (Private) with the 5th Bn (QVO Corps of Guides) 12th Frontier Force Regiment, an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army

The most famous - and distinguished - unit of the British Indian Army was the Corps of Guides (1st Battalion Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) Infantry...  read more

Code: 23784

Bahawalpur (Princely State). Bahawalpur-Pakistan Alliance Medal, 1947

The medal - the last to be instituted in the Princely State of Bahawalpur - was instituted by Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V Abbasi, in commemoration of the accession of Bahawalpur State to the Dominion of Pakistan that took place on 5 October 1947

By population, the Princely State of Bahawalpur was the largest of the pre-independence Princely States to accede allegiance to Paki...  read more

Code: 23772

Korea Medal. 1st type obverse legend (22707373 Pte R. Longbottom. D.W.R.)

The recipient was a soldier holding the rank of 'Private' while serving with the 1st Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment, an infantry regiment of the British Army

For their services in Korea the Duke of Wellington's Regiment was awarded the below following battle honours:

- 'The Hook 1953'
- 'Korea 1952-53'

Possible attribution: The medal ...  read more

Code: 23769

India General Service Medal 1936-39. With clasp 'North West Frontier 1936-37' (41247 Driver Daulat Ram, 13 Mtn. Bty.)

The recipient was an Indian soldier of the Hindu faith who held the rank of 'Driver' while serving with the 13th (Dardoni) Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery, an artillery unit of the British Indian Army

The 13th Mountain Battery had its origins in 1917 when it was raised as the 33rd (Reserve) Mountain Battery, at the Indian Mountain Artillery Depot, located at Abbottabad, North W...  read more

Code: 23609

Afghanistan Medal 1878-80. No clasp (1382, Pte. G. Thompson. 78th Foot)

Died of Disease: Private George Thompson, 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs. The Duke of Albany's), late 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (The Ross-Shire Buffs), is confirmed to have died of 'Cholera', at, Chunar. North West Frontier Province of, British India, on, 1 November 1881

At the time of his recorded death, Private George Thompson (b. 1860) was 28 ye...  read more

Code: 23427

2nd Cruiser Squadron Medal 1908. With 13 x clasps; Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Ladysmith, East London, Port Elizabeth, Simonstown, Cape Town, St. Helena, Rio De Janerio, Monte Video

Penultimate clasp issue: The medal could be awarded with a maximum of 14 clasps - the medal here offered being awarded every clasp, except for the last clasp on the squadron's tour, i.e., that for 'Buenos Aries' (Argentina)


The reverse of the medal with the names of the 4 x Battle Cruisers that formed the 2nd Cruiser Squadron, which in 1908, was deployed on an extensive f...  read more

Code: 23410

India General Service Medal 1908-35. GV first type. Silver issue with clasp 'Waziristan 1919-21' (Mohd. Aslam Khan, K. B. Rly.)

The civilian recipient was a Punjabi Mussalman by ethnicity and faith, working with the Trans Indus Kalabagh-Bannu Railway

The Kalabagh-Bannu Railway (KBR) was a 2ft 6in narrow gauge railway located in the North West Frontier Province of British India. It's first section of line between Kalabagh, the transhipment rail terminal located on the West bank of the Indus (from where a f...  read more

Code: 23406