Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War ‘Burma operations’ I.D.S.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Naik Ali Asfar, Indian Army Medical Corps

Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (78537 L-Nk. Ali Asfar, I.A.M.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, these last four all privately named, mounted as worn, good very fine £500-£700

I.D.S.M. London Gazette 18 May 1944: ‘For gallant and distinguished service in Burma.’ One of only 10 awards to the Indian Army Medical Corps in the Second World War.