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8 December 2021

Hammer Price:
£150

1914 Star (Resdr. Amir Khan, S. & T. Corps.) nearly very fine £100-£140

Amir Khan served during the Great War as a Ressaidar/Resaldar with the 2nd Mule Corps, Supply and Transport Corps, Indian Army. He was awarded the Order of British India, 2nd Class with the title of “Bahadur” in recognition of his service in the French theatre of war. Khan was also M.I.D. for services with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, London Gazette 5 November 1915.

Khan is also mentioned several times in
On Two Fronts, Being The Adventures of an Indian Mule Corps in France and Gallipoli, by Major H. M. Alexander, D.S.O.

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