An Indian Non-Combatants campaign & long service medal pair for service with the 'Piffer's': Water Carrier Moti Ram, 13th Frontier Force Training Centre late 6th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles

- IGS 1908. NWF 1930-31 (166 W-Carr. Moti Ram, 6-13 FF Rif.)
- Indian LSGC Medal. GVI (166 W-Carr. Moti Ram, 13 FF Trg. Centre.)

The recipient was an Indian of the Hindu faith who s an attested non-combatant follower, performed the trade of 'Water Carrier' while serving with the 13th Frontier Force Rifles Training Centre, and prior to that with the 6th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles

Note: Long Service & Good Conduct Medals awarded in the British Indian Army were never automatic awards based on long service alone. LSGC's were awarded on a strict allocation of awards per regiment/unit to eligible 'Other Ranks' including non combatant followers. In some regiments, especially the Gurkha Rifles, there was a tendency to recommend long serving 'non-combatant' followers, over the 'fighting ranks', for award of the limited numbers of LS&GC medals allocated

Extremely scarce seen pair including an LS&GC named to a Regimental Training Centre of the British Indian Army - and the only medal to the infantry that we have ever seen impressed to a 'Training Centre'

Condition: About GVF

Code: 21298