WAZIRISTAN & AFGHANISTAN BRITISH INDIA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL WW1 SIKH INFANTRY

Offered is an original 1908-35 India General Service Medal.

36mm wide circular silver medal with claw and ornate scroll swivel ribbon bar with original 'AFGHANISTAN N.W.F. 1919' & 'WAZIRISTAN 1921 – 24' clasps; the face with the crowned head and shoulders portrait of King George V facing left in coronation robes, circumscribed ‘GEORGIUS V KAISAR-I-HIND’ (George V Emperor of India); the reverse with a view of Jamrud Fort and the entrance to the Khyber Pass, inscribed ‘INDIA’ on a plaque below with oak and laurel branches to either side; impressed named on rim to 804 SEPOY PAHLWAN, 1/151-SIKH. INFY. on the correct ribbon.

The medal was instituted on 1 January 1909 for service in campaigns on India’s borders. The ‘Afghanistan N. W. F. 1919’ clasp was awarded for service in that area during the Third Afghan War from 6 May to 8 August 1919 & the‘Waziristan 1921-24’ clasp for service in Waziristan between 21 December 1921 and 31 March 1924.