Orders, Decorations and Medals

Defence of the British Legation, Addis Ababa 1936, large silver medal, 53 mm, the obverse with struck inscription ‘Presented to the British Legation Guard by the British Communities at Addis Ababa to commemorate services rendered 2nd to 6th May 1936’, the reverse with struck Arabic inscription and additionally engraved with recipients details ‘9662 Sep Punjab Singh’, with rings for suspension, about very fine and very rare

The British Legation Guard comprised of the Addis Ababa Company, 5th/14th Punjab Regiment.