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9 & 10 May 2018

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№ 1210 x

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10 May 2018

Hammer Price:
£200

Six: Risaldar Bahadur Lashman Dass, O.B.I., Indian Army Veterinary Corps
1914-15 Star, erased; British War Medal 1914-20, unnamed; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, second clasp loose on riband, as issued (V-83 W.O. Lachman Dass, I.A.V.C.) officially re-impressed naming; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, erased; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45, mounted for display purposes together with sections of riband for the Order of British India 2nd Class and the Victory Medal, very fine and better

Five:
Risaldar Fazal Ali Khan, O.B.I., 33rd Light Cavalry and Indian Army Veterinary Corps
British War Medal 1914-20 (3265 Sowar Fazar Ali Khan, 33 L. Cavy.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (3265 Vety. Asst. Fazal Ali Khan, A.V.C.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Khurdistan, Iraq (V-155 2-Cl. Vet Asst. Surgn Fazal Ali Khan. I.A.V.C.); India Service Medal 1939-45, mounted for display purposes together with a section of riband for the Victory Medal, very fine (11) £160-200

Lashman Dass was born on 16 January 1887 and graduated from Veterinary College on 21 April 1913. He served during the Great War in France and Egypt from 14 December 1914 to 7 July 1918, and joined the Indian Army Veterinary Corps on 23 April 1919. Posted initially to the Depot of the 2nd Lancers, he served in Waziristan from 1919-22, transferring for service with the 64th Mule Corps in 1921. He was advanced Jemadar on 1 February 1929 and served during operations on the North West Frontier of India in 1937. He was promoted Risaldar Class II on 14 March 1942, in which year he was also awarded the Order of British India 2nd Class. His final posting was at the Mobile Veterinary Hospital at Abbottabad in 1943.

Fazal Ali Khan was born on 19 May 1890 and graduated from Veterinary College on 12 April 1916. He served during the Great War with the 33rd Light Cavalry in Mesopotamia, and joined the Indian Army Veterinary Corps on 2 July 1918. He was promoted Risaldar on 27 February 1939 and served during the Second World War with the Remount Department at Ahmednaggar, and in 1943 was awarded the Order of British India 1st Class.