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WW2 ERA INDIAN ARMY LONG SERVICE & GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL UN-NAMED

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Offered is an original 1936-48 era Indian Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal.

36mm wide circular silver medal with claw and ornate scroll swivel ribbon bar; the face with the crowned head and shoulders portrait of King George V facing left in coronation robes, circumscribed ‘GEORGIUS V D G BRITT. OMN. REX ET INDIÆ IMP’ (George V by the Grace of God King of Great Britain and Emperor of India); the reverse with the wording INDIA, surrounded by a small wreath, surrounded by the legend FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT, with a continuous border of lotus flowers and leaves round the border of the medal; unattributed on the edge on original ribbon.

Established on 27 July 1888, the Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal could be awarded to sowars, sepoys, as well as lance-dafadars, naiks, and lance-naiks of the British Indian Army. To be awarded the medal men must have served at least 20 years and had performed in a meritorious manner, with no court-martials, and having been entered in the defaulters book fewer than five times. He must also have been recommended by his commanding officer.

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