Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Naik Sher Dil Khan, 7th Bombay Lancers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1056 Naik, 7th Bombay Lcrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (1056 Naik, 7th Bombay Lcrs.) good very fine, rare to unit (2) £350-400

Ex Charles Lovell Collection, Sotheby’s, October 1977 and B.D.W., 27 September 1994.

Based on a search of the respective medal rolls, only an estimated six native Indian combatants from 7th Bombay Lancers were entitled to the Q.S.A. medal and various clasps, and of which only an estimated four men were also awarded a K.S.A. with both clasps