India General Service Medal 1908. GV first type silver issue with 2 x clasps 'Malabar 1921-1922' & 'Waziristan 1921-24' (417 Rfmn. Jodh Sing Negi, 1-18 R. Garh Rfls.)

With usual official correction to 'Rfls' & exactly as issued to the recipient - and typical of most medals issued to this regiment for this particular campaign

Upper clasp attached by rivets

The recipient was a Hindu Garhwali holding the rank of Rifleman while serving with the 1st Battalion 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles, an elite infantry regiment of the British Indian Army

Reference 'British Battles & Medals' (Seventh edition, 2006) the regiment is shown as present and entitled to both clasps

The first clasp was awarded in the inter-war era for campaign service in Southern India, when the Government of India deployed British and Indian regiments of the Army in India to present day 'Kerala State' to suppress the Moplah Insurrection of 1921-1922

The Malabar1921-22 clasp is the only clasp in the IGS series of medals that was awarded in respect of services in Southern India, the fighting being centred in the region of the 'Malabar Coast', in the present day state of 'Kerala' during the 'Moplah Rebellion' - a particularly hard fought insurrection!

1/18 Royal Garhwal Rifles served in Malabar during period November 1921 - June 1922, during which time the regiment incurred 19 casualties, comprising 3 x killed and 16 x wounded

The 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles regiment were established in 1922 by the pairing of the former 1st and 2nd Battalion of the 39th Garhwal Rifles. The Garhwalis had fought with great distinction and had been conspicuous for their collective acts of gallantry performed in France & Flanders during the Great War, where two Garhwali 'Other-Ranks' (one from each of the erstwhile battalions) had earned the Victoria Cross while serving with the Indian Corps. In respect of their good services in the Great War the regiment was post-war bestowed the rare honorific 'Royal' title, a title held by only a very few regiments  of the British Indian Army

Some edge wear and contact marks

Condition: About VF

Code: 25809