Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), E.VII.R. (Corpl. G. C. Blaker, E. Bl. S. Ry. Voltr. Rifles), officially engraved naming, re-riveted suspension claw and edge bruising, very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifles

Blaker served as an Officiating Assistant Traffic Superintendent in the Eastern Bengal State Railway, and last appears in Thacker’s Indian Directory in 1925, when he was stationed at Santahar. He was awarded his Indian Volunteer Force Long Service Medal in IAO 267 of 10 June 1907; sold with brief research.