Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Bahadur Shah Wali Khan O.B.I., Indian Army Veterinary Corps
Pakistan Independence Medal 1947; British War Medal 1914-20 (V-186 Vety-Asstt. Shah Wali Khan. Vety Dept.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display purposes together with sections of riband for the Order of British India 2nd Class and the Victory Medal, good fine and better

Four: Jemadar Fazal Ilahi Khan, Pakistan Remount, Veterinary and Farm Corps
Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (PJO-42054 Jem Fazal Ilahi Khan PRVFC.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, very fine (9) £80-120

Shah Wali Khan was born on 1 June 1896 and graduated from Veterinary College on 11 April 1918, enlisting in the Indian Army Veterinary Corps on 16 July of that year. He served during the Great War with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from that date, and was promoted Jemadar on 1 September 1923 whilst serving with No. 3 Section Rawalpindi; and Risaldar on 27 February 1939 whilst serving at the Indian Mobile Veterinary Hospital, Delhi. Appointed Veterinary Assistant Surgeon on 16 February 1940, he was awarded the Order of British India 2nd Class in 1943, and was granted an Emergency Commission on 13 March 1944.