Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An unusual and scarce Indian Police Medal awarded for gallantry to Fireman Kaley Khan, New Delhi Fire Brigade

Indian Police Medal, G.VI.R., for Distinguished Conduct (Kaley Khan, Fireman, Fire Bgde., New Delhi.) nearly very fine and scarce £300-£400

Indian Police Medal Government Notification No. 57-H, New Delhi, 11 April 1942:- His Excellency the Viceroy has been pleased to award the Indian Police Medal to the following officer:

‘Kaley Khan, Fireman, New Delhi Fire Brigade.
On the afternoon of the 24th September 1941 five coolies working on a sewage excavation in Curzon Road in New Delhi were buried by the subsidence of a wall. On the accident being reported to the police a call for help was made to the New Delhi Fire Brigade and after several hours of work the buried persons were safely dug out. In this operation Fireman Kaley Khan took a leading part, working on his hands and knees for an hour and a half with great courage and determination, though fully aware of his danger, in a position where he was exposed to a grave risk of being buried himself by a further subsidence.

This award is made for gallantry under regulation (d) (i) of the regulations governing the grant of the Indian Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible to officers of and below the rank of Inspector of Police.’