Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Havildar Himlal Thapa, 1/3rd Gurkha Rifles

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq (3241 Hvldr Himlal Thapa 1-3-Gurkha R) with solder repair to suspension claw; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (3241 Havr. Himlal Thapa, 1-3 G.R.) generally very fine (2) £100-£140

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2004 and March 2010.

The 1st Battalion 3rd Gurkha Rifles was one of only three Gurkha battalions eligible for the G.S.M. with clasps for Kurdistan and Iraq.