A rare Waziristan 1924 operations I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Sepoy Nand Singh, 2-3rd Sikh Pioneers

Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1734 Sep. Nand Singh, 2-3 Sikh Pnrs.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (1734 Sep. Nand Singh, 2-3 S. Prs.), the first with officially corrected number, minor edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (2) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The collection of Medals formed by the Late Clive Nowell.

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Nand Singh’s I.D.S.M. was awarded in respect of the Waziristan operations (G.G.O. No. 875 of 1924 refers).

In November 1924, the 2-3rd Sikh Pioneers departed Ramzak for Manzai, the cantonment between Tokhi Zam and the mouth of the River Gomal, a journey in which they were subjected to considerable sniping. And it was for gallant deeds during one such encounter, when a Sikh Pioneer was killed and three others wounded, that Nand Singh won the I.D.S.M. - so, too, Lance-Naik Gujiar Singh.