Auction Catalogue

2 July 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 151

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2 July 2003

Hammer Price:
£360

Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 2nd type, 2nd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse officially engraved in four lines ‘2nd Class Order of Merit’, lacking silver ribbon buckle, good very fine £300-350

The above example is one of the varieties made in London by J. W. Benson Ltd, of Ludgate Hill, probably for award to Indian troops serving in France and Flanders.