Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Lieutenant Champa Singh Thapa, 2-9th Gurkha Rifles

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (992 Rifleman Champha Sing Thapa, 9th Gurkha Rifles) part re-engraved; British War Medal 1914-20 (Subdr. Champha Sigh Thapa, 2-9 Grks.); Victory Medal, erased naming; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (Lieut. Champa Sing Thapa, 2-9 G.R.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Jubilee 1935, these unnamed, mounted as worn, with loose M.I.D. oak leaf, note minor variation in name, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine and better (6)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Indian Army from the Collection of AM Shaw.

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Served in Mesopotamia, September 1916-March 1919. Mentioned in despatches (Gazette of India 18 July 1919).