Auction Catalogue

2 December 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

.

Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Download Images

Lot

№ 542 x

.

2 December 2009

Hammer Price:
£550

Four: Kot-Daffadar Ahmad Yar Khan, 18th (King George’s Own) Lancers

British War Medal 1914-20 (2242 K-Dfdr., 18 Lcrs.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R. (2242 Sowar Ahmad Yar Khan, 18th (K.G.O.) Lacrs.) engraved naming; Delhi Durbar 1911 (2242 Sowar Ahmad Yar Khan, 18th (K.G.O.) Lancers) engraved naming; Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2242 Kot. Dfdr., 18/19/(K.G.O.) Lcrs.) mounted as worn, some contact marks, minor edge bruising, very fine (4) £200-240

Ahmad Yar Khan of the Sowar Training Establishment, 18th (K.G.O.) Lancers was awarded the R.V.M. in January 1912 on the occasion of H.M. The King’s visit to India for the Durbar.

M.S.M. Gazette of India 27 November 1920. ‘... for meritorious service and devotion to duty in the field while serving with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force’. With copied research.