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24 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£390

A Great War Mesopotamia operations I.D.S.M. awarded to Lance-Naik Hariram, 24th Punjabis

Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (4417 Lce. Naik Hariram, 24th Pjbs.), minor official correction to unit, light contact marks, better than very fine £350-400

I.D.S.M. GGO 1357 of 1917.

Hariram (or Hari Ram), the son of Gurdas of Mowa Kholan, Una, Hoshiarpur, in the Punjab, was also mentioned in despatches (
GGO 776 of 1916 refers). He died of disease as a P.O.W. on 6 February 1916 and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.