Riley1965 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 This pair of Samar Seva Star and Pashimi Star was awarded to:304279 Peon Mohan Lal, MES (A peon is a clerk)This pair was obviously part of a Court Mounted group. I had to pull the black thread off of the meal.I HATE it when people break apart any group but espsecially a court mounted group. I would gladly have paid for the whole group. Barbarians Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
army historian Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 This pair of Samar Seva Star and Pashimi Star was awarded to: 304279 Peon Mohan Lal, MES (A peon is a clerk) This pair was obviously part of a Court Mounted group. I had to pull the black thread off of the meal. I HATE it when people break apart any group but espsecially a court mounted group. I would gladly have paid for the whole group. Barbarians Doc You are completely right, it is so disheartening to run across broken up groups. I once a long time ago was able to united a Cased Hauge (spelling) 1907 Peace Delegates medal (named) with the Rear-Admirals bar mounted medals. A dealer in Great Britian had sold them separaterly. The Hauge medal was in New Zealand, I traded for it. I live in California, USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Yes it is a shame that the whole group could not have remained together. In this case your fellow served in a combat zone during the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War (Samar Seva Star) as well as in a combat zone during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan conflict, in the western theater as indicated by the Paschimi Star. Missing are the Raksha and Sangram Medals issued for service during those two conflicts. I would bet that there were at least five and perhaps six medals to this group. Still a nice pair Doc. Are you going to court mount them to assure they stay together once they leave your protection (in another 100 years)? Regards Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 "Type" collectors have a lot to answer for ("Type" = "one of each medal/clasp") I've also heard that 30 odd years ago it wasn't unusual for dealers to sell the decorations separately from the medals. Definitely missing a Rakhsha Medal and Sangram Medal. Almost certainly missing a 25th Anniversary Medal and 9 Year LS. Possibly missing a Sainya Seva Medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 "Type" collectors have a lot to answer for ("Type" = "one of each medal/clasp") I've also heard that 30 odd years ago it wasn't unusual for dealers to sell the decorations separately from the medals. Definitely missing a Rakhsha Medal and Sangram Medal. Almost certainly missing a 25th Anniversary Medal and 9 Year LS. Possibly missing a Sainya Seva Medal. I think this is common everywhere. With so many single medals on the market you just know they were in groups at one time or another. I remember when the price of silver went up and people were selling the WW I BWM to be melted down and keeping the Victory Medal, or selling it to a collector. This was here in Canada where you can only blame greed. At least in India you can understand selling what you can however you can to try to scratch out a living. True it is the dealers who broke up the groups but it may have been a case where singles would sell faster than groups and cash flow rules. I totaly agree with your suggestion reagrding the possible missing medals Michael. A possible group of seven gone forever. Regards Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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