Four: Sarwan Anwar, 53 Camel Corps

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, East Africa 1913-14 (861 Sarwar Anwan, S. & T.C. I.A.); 1914-15 Star (No. 861 Sarwan Anwar, 53/Camel Corps); British War Medal (861 Sarwan Anwar, 53 C.T. Coy.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (854 Sarwan Anwar, 53 Camel Cps.) contact marks and polished, suspension bent on the third, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Alan Wolfe.

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A Sarwan was a camel driver, generally involved in baggage train activities, as distinct from a camel sowar, a mounted rifleman likely to be engaged in combat. This group of medals was bought by Alan Wolfe for $8 in the Peshawar Cantonment bazaar in October 1969, the very beginning of his collection.