Auction Catalogue

2 July 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 280

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2 July 2003

Hammer Price:
£520

An unusual K.P.M. group of four to Rai Sahib Ganesh Dass, Inspector of Police, Quetta City, Baluchistan

King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Rai Sahib Ganesh Dass, Inspector City Police (Baluchistan)); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Indian Title Badge, G.V.R., Rai Sahib, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Lala Ganesh Dass’; Prince & Princess of Wales’ Visit to India 1905-06, silver, by Elkington & Co., 51mm (Puddester 905.1.6, only 70 medals presented) with claw and large ring suspension, nearly very fine or better and a scarce group (4) £500-600

K.P.M. Gazette of India 16 December 1911. Prince of Wales’ medal is recorded in the Royal Archives at Windsor under the name ‘Ganesh Dass, Native Inspector, Quetta Police.’