Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (3096 Pte. J. B. Vernede, Nil. Vol. Rfs.) extremely fine £60-£80

Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009 (when sold alongside the recipient’s Volunteer Force Long Service Medal).

J. B. Vernede was awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, published in I.A.O. 117 of March 1930, whilst serving as a Corporal in the Nilgiri Malabar Battalion, Auxiliary Force India.

Note: The recipient’s Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (for India and the Colonies), previously sold alongside this medal in 2009, subsequently sold in these rooms in March 2020.