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Sold between 19 & 13 September 2012

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Awards to the Indian Army from the Collection of AM Shaw

Mike Shaw

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№ 1855

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21 June 2013

Hammer Price:
£330

Five: Lieutenant Champa Singh Thapa, 2-9th Gurkha Rifles

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (992 Rifleman Champha Sing Thapa, 9th Gurkha Rifles) part re-engraved; British War Medal 1914-20 (Subdr. Champha Sigh Thapa, 2-9 Grks.); Victory Medal, erased naming; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (Lieut. Champa Sing Thapa, 2-9 G.R.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Jubilee 1935, these unnamed, mounted as worn, with loose M.I.D. oak leaf, note minor variation in name, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine and better (6)

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Served in Mesopotamia, September 1916-March 1919. Mentioned in despatches (Gazette of India 18 July 1919).