Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Lt. P. E. Mistry, Bo. Bn. A.F.I.) good very fine £80-100

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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Pirosha Edulji Mistry was granted a commission as a Platoon Commander, on probation, in the 1st (Territorial) Battalion Bombay Pioneers, on 12 June 1922 (Gazette of India 2 December 1922). He was later styled an Honorary Lieutenant. For his services in the Auxiliary Force (India) he was awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal in 1926 - this published in I.A.O. 76 of 13 February 1926.

With copied research.