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22 July 2016

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Lot

№ 552

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22 July 2016

Hammer Price:
£90

India General Service 1908-35 (2), 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (2954 Sowar Mir Afzul 19th Lancers); another, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (1664 Jemde Chet Ram. 30 Lcrs.) latter part of name officially corrected on first, nearly very fine (2) £70-90

Mir Afzal served with Fane’s Horse on the North West Frontier in 1908, and subsequently was awarded the Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal for service during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre.

Chet Ram attested for the Indian Army in November 1898, and was promoted Jemadar on 4 September 1914, serving with Gordon’s Horse during operations on the North West Frontier in 1919.