Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 September 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 449

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19 September 2013

Hammer Price:
£1,050

An O.B.I. group of ten awarded to Subadar-Major Makmud Shah, 5/10th Baluch Regiment

Order of British India, 2nd Class neck badge, gold and enamel, on post-1939 2nd class ribbon; British War and Victory Medals (2394 Nk. Mahmud Shah, 130 Baluchis); India General Service 1908-35, 4 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935, M.I.D. oak leaf (3607 Havr. 5-10 Baluch.) unofficial connections between clasps; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War and India Service Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these unnamed, 2nd-4th polished and poor; others with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (10) £800-900

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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Makhmud Shah joined the Indian Army on 21 June 1917. Posted to the 130th Baluch Regiment, he served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force and in Palestine during the Great War. In 1921 the Indian Army was reorganised and the 130th Baluchis became the 5/10th Baluch Regiment. Shah served with them as a Havildar on the N.W. Frontier, being the I.G.S. Medal 1908 with four clasps spanning the period 1921-35. He was commissioned a Jemedar on 1 October 1933 and was mentioned in despatches  for action on the N.W. Frontier in 1935 (Notification No. 310 of 1936). He was promoted to Subadar in March 1940. Shah received the Order of British India 2nd Class c. 1942/43. The 5/10th Baluchis fought in Burma, November 1944-July 1945. On 15 May 1943, Shah was promoted to War Substantive Subadar-Major; the rank being made permanent on 15 May 1945.  Some time prior to April 1945, Shah was detached from his battalion and 'attached to an Indian Division' as staff. With copied research.