Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 2nd type (1912-39), 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, by J. W. Benson Ltd., Ludgate Hill, London, silver and enamel, concave reverse inscribed in four lines, ‘3rd Class/Order/of/Merit’, with manufacturer’s name and address below, nearly very fine and scarce £300-400

The firm of J. W. Benson supplied a small number of 2nd and 3rd Class badges in the period from 1906 to 1911, when the 3rd Class became obsolete. This badge must therefore date from that period during which 31 admissions to the 3rd Class were made.

Supplied by JWM prior to 1912, therefore it is a 1st type (1837-1912) 3rd Class badge