Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A rare Knight Bachelor, C.I.E., Kaisar-i-Hind group of six awarded to Major-General Sir Robert Charles McWatt, Director-General, Indian Medical Service

Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1926, pin backed; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 2nd type breast badge, gold and enamel, complete with gold brooch bar; Kaisar-i-Hind, E.VII.R., gold, complete with gold brooch bar (lacking pin), total weight incl. ribbon, 40.09g.; India General Service 1854-95, 4 clasps, Hazara 1888, Samana 1891, Hazara 1891, Lushai 1889-92 (Surgn. R. C. Macwatt, I.M.S.) customised lugs between 1st and 2nd clasps; British War Medal 1914-20 (Col. R. C. McWatt); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, unnamed, note variation in surname, good very fine and better (6) £3500-4000

Kt. Bachelor London Gazette 1 January 1925.

C.I.E. London Gazette 1 January 1916.

Kaisar-i-Hind in Gold London Gazette 1 January 1908.

Robert Charles MacWatt was a native of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, where he was born on 22 January 1865. He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and was a medical graduate of Edinburgh University; M.B. C.M. 1886; B.Sc. 1897. He was appointed Surgeon, Indian Medical Service on 1 October 1887, and Major, 1 October 1899. Awarded the Delhi Durbar 1903 as ‘Agency Surgeon, Haraoti & Tonk & Officer in Medical Charge Rajputana Chief’s Camp’. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel 1 October 1907; F.R.C.S. 1911; S. List 1 April 1915; Colonel 8 January 1918. Appointed Major-General and Director General 23 January 1923 and retired on 1 October 1926. Late Honorary Surgeon to the King from 28 March 1921. After his retirement he returned to Bikanir and served as counsellor to General Sir Ganga Singh, Maharaja of the Bikanir State. He died at Kingston Hill, on 14 April 1945, aged 80 years. With copied research.