Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A rare Second World War O.B.I. group of eight awarded to Subedar Major Mir Abdullah, Indian Army

Order of British India, 2nd Class neck badge, gold and enamel; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, North West Frontier 1935 (6060 Sep. Mir Abdullah, 82 Pjbis); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (4572 Hav. Mir Abdullah, 5-1 Punjab R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46, unnamed as issued, together with 1st Punjabis cap badge, generally very fine or better (8) £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman.

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Mir Abdullah, who enlisted in the Indian Army in February 1920, was awarded his O.B.I. in respect of services in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment in the 1939-45 War (regimental history refers).