A Parsi volunteer - and son of the 'High Priest' for the Parsi's in Sind & Baluchistan - Coronation & Long Service Medal pair: Mr Nariosang Maneckji Dhalla, Secretary of the Karachi Port Trust, Pakistan, late Private, Sind Rifles. Auxiliary Force India

- Efficiency Medal. GV 'India' & King's Crown 'Further Service' clasp (Pte N. Dhalla.Sind. RIF. A.F.I.))
- Coronation Medal 1953. Engraved (N. M. Dhalla)

The medals mounted-as-worn by the recipient, in reverse order of precedence. The white metal mounting bar retaining its long hinged pin and clasp fittings

Medal Verification: Both medals verified as entitled per below cited sources

- Coronation Medal 1953: Refer Coronation Medal Roll 1953. Under 'Pakistan (Dominion) Allocation, the rolls held at TNA
- Efficiency Medal. GV with 'India' bar: EM awarded 4 December 1934 per award published in Indian Army Order No. 624 of 1934

In 1925, the Sind Rifles, was placed under the command of the Karachi Auxiliary Force - re-named Karachi Corps in 1933 - and by October 1938 the Sind Rifles had been reduced in size and consisted of a Headquarters and 3 x infantry platoons. The 3 x units of the A.F.I. that comprised the Karachi Corps, were:

- No.4 (Karachi) Fortress Company RE AFI
- The Sind Rifles
- No 2 (Karachi) Company, Machine Gun Corps AFI.

Reference 'The Auxiliary Force India and its predecessors' (Alan Harfield, 2015), the breakdown by ethnicity of the Karachi Corps (including the Sind Rifles) in 1939 and 1944 was:
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3 September 1939, The Karachi Corps totalled 369 x 'All-Ranks' of which 300 x 'Active' & 69 x 'Reserve', which by respective communities was:

- Europeans: x 90
- Jews: x 37
- Parsees: x 14
- Anglo-Indians (sic) 'Eurasians': x 89
- Goans: 139

31 December 1944. The Karachi Corps totalled 447 x 'All Ranks' of which 328 x 'Active' & 119 x 'Reserve', which by respective communities was:

- Europeans: x 95
- Jews: x 68
- Parsees: x 14
- Anglo-Indians (sic) 'Eurasians': x 59
- Goans: x 219

During the period 3 September 1939 - 31 December 1944, no less than 32 x volunteers form the Karachi Corps were commissioned into the Armed Forces, and 87 x volunteers enlisted into the Armed Forces as 'Other-Ranks'
 
On 14 August 1947 The Sind Rifles together with the other units of the Karachi Corps were disbanded

A scarce seen documented Efficiency Medal 'India' pair including a confirmed 'Coronation Medal' awarded under the allocation to the Dominion of Pakistan

Condition: Medals toned about EF

Code: 25871