Orders, Decorations and Medals

A scarce Mohmund 1935 operations I.D.S.M. awarded to Subadar-Major Maula Bakhsh, 3-2 Punjaub Regiment

Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Subdr. Maj. Maula Bakhsh, 3-2 Punjaub R.) good very fine and scarce £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals (The Property of a Gentleman).

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Subadar-Major Maula Bakhsh served in Mahsud, March to August 1917; in the Loe-Agra operations, North West Frontier of India, February to April 1935, for which he was mentioned in despatches (GGO 166 of 1936); and in Mohmund, 1935, for which he was awarded the I.D.S.M. (GGO 309 of 1936). Approximately 98 I.D.S.Ms of this type are believed to have been awarded.