Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Subadar-Major Nur Alam, Mountain Battery

India General Service 1854-95, 5 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, N.E. Frontier 1891, Lushai 1889-92, Waziristan 1894-95 (32 Gunr. Noor Alum Khan, No.2 (Bengal) Mn. By.), claw refixed; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Subdr. Nur Alam, 28th Mtn. By.), note variation in name, about very fine (2) £240-280

Nur Alam enlisted in 1886 and rose to become Subadar-Major. On retirement in 1917, he was appointed Honorary Captain, having been awarded the Order of British India, 2nd Class in 1911 and 1st Class in 1915. According to Indian Army Lists, he also had the medal for Punjab Frontier 1897-98 & Malakand 1897, and the 1914-15 Star Trio for service in East Africa with 28 Mountain Battery in 1914. With M.I.D. London Gazette 7 April 1917. Also entitled to the Delhi Durbar Medal 1911. Sold with service details.