Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (1 Col. Indra Shum Shere Jung, P.G.) very fine £80-£120

C.I.E. London Gazette 4 February 1919:
‘For services in connection with the War.’

Colonel Manyabara-Nepal-Tara Indra Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana was born at Seto Durbar, Kathmandu, and was educated at Narayanhiti and Durbar High Schools, Kathmandu. Advanced Colonel in 1908, he served with the Nepalese contingent during the Third Afghan War , and was awarded both the C.I.E. and the Order for the Star of Nepal, 3rd Class. He died on 3 June 1926.

Note: The recipient’s son, Colonel Toran Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, commanded the Shee Nath Regiment during the Second World War, and his medals were sold in these rooms in February 2019.