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PRE WW2 INDIA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL AFGHANISTAN NW FRONTIER PUNJAB REGIMENT ARMY
36mm wide circular silver medal with claw and ornate scroll swivel ribbon bar with original โNORTH WEST FRONTIER 1936-37โ clasp; the face with the crowned head of King George VI facing left, circumscribed โGEORGIUS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX ET INDIAE IMP: (George VI by the Grace of God King of Great Britain and Emperor of India); the reverse with a tiger above a mountainous landscape, circumscribed โINDIAโ above; attributed on the edge to 43 COOK I. T. SAID LATIF, 3-1 PUNJAB R.; on original ribbon. The Medal was instituted on 3 August 1938 to be awarded for minor campaigns in India. It was awarded for actions from 1936 and was not awarded after the outbreak of World War II. The โNorth West Frontier 1936-37โ clasp was awarded for full-time active service in two very precisely defined areas between 24 November 1936 and 16 December 1937 during the revolt in Waziristan.
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36mm wide circular silver medal with claw and ornate scroll swivel ribbon bar with original โNORTH WEST FRONTIER 1936-37โ clasp; the face with the crowned head of King George VI facing left, circumscribed โGEORGIUS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX ET INDIAE IMP: (George VI by the Grace of God King of Great Britain and Emperor of India); the reverse with a tiger above a mountainous landscape, circumscribed โINDIAโ above; attributed on the edge to 43 COOK I. T. SAID LATIF, 3-1 PUNJAB R.; on original ribbon.
The Medal was instituted on 3 August 1938 to be awarded for minor campaigns in India. It was awarded for actions from 1936 and was not awarded after the outbreak of World War II. The โNorth West Frontier 1936-37โ clasp was awarded for full-time active service in two very precisely defined areas between 24 November 1936 and 16 December 1937 during the revolt in Waziristan.
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Weight | 0.1 kg |
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Dimensions | 18 ร 5 ร 5 cm |