Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1915 ‘Mesopotamian theatre’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Sepoy Lala, 24th Punjab Regiment

Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (59 Sepoy Lala 24th Pjbs) pitting, nearly very fine £300-£340

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004.

I.D.S.M. G.G.O. 1160 of 1915 (Mesopotamia)

Lala, who was also Mentioned in Despatches (G.G.O. 441 of 1916 refers), died on 14 July 1915 and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.