A fine M.B.E., O.B.I., R.V.M. group of ten awarded to Subadar-Major and Hon. Lieutenant Shamsher Sing Bohra, Sirdar Bahadur, 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles

Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel, no ribbon; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; ribbon only with copy clasp for the 1914 Star; British War Medal 1914-20 (2607 L-Nk. Shamsher Bohra, 2-2 Gurkhas); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21 (2607 Jemdr. Shamsher Bohra, 2/2/Gks.); War and India Service Medals, these unnamed; Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., silver (S.M. and Hon. Lt. Shamsher Sing Bohra); Jubilee 1935 (S.M. and Hon. Lt. Shamsher Sing Bohra); Coronation 1937 (S.M. and Hon. Lt. Shamsher Sing Bohra); Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2609 Lce. Naik Shamsher Bohra, 2nd Bn. 2nd K.E.O. Gurkha Rfls.) all but first mounted court style for wear, cleaned, fine and better (10) £1200-1600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Indian Army from the Collection of AM Shaw.

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M.B.E. (Military) (G. of I. No. 14 of 1 April 1943).

Order of British India, 2nd Class with the title 'Bahadur' (London Gazette 10 June 1936).

Order of British India, 1st Class with the title 'Sirdar Bahadur' (G. of I. of 11 July 1940).

Royal Victorian Medal (London Gazette 18 July 1938).

Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal (G. of I. of 25 October 1918). 

Served in the Great War in France, Flanders and Egypt, and was wounded; in Afghanistan, 1919 and Waziristan 1919-21. With copied research - includes many entries taken from the 'King's Indian Orderly Officers, Calendar of Engagements - 1938'.