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Linlithgow’s Viceroy Presentation Medal, silver, 50mm, with loop for suspension, ‘Presented by His Excellency The Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India, to Mr. Shyamlal, Elc.T.L.(L) A.I.I., Oct. 1943’, some edge bruising, otherwise very fine and rare £150-200
Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, was Viceroy from April 1936 to March 1937, and then Governor-General and Crown Representative until October 1943, when Viscount Wavell became Governor-General. According to Calcutta Mint records this medal was struck in silver and bronze.
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