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1341 Sepoy Chanda Singh, 34th Sikh Pioneers 1- India Medal, 1895-1902, Victoria - RELIEF OF CHITRAL 1895 - 1341 Sepoy Chanda Singh 34th Bl. Infy. 2- China War Medal 1900 - 1341 Sepoy Chanda Singh 34th Pjb Pioneers 3- India General Service Medal, 1908-35, Edward VII - NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1908 - 1341 Sepoy Chanda Singh 34th Sikh Pioneers

164 Sepoy Fazl Din, 33rd Punjab Infantry 1- Second Afghan War, 1878-80 - Sepoy Fazl Din 21st Regt N. I. 2- India General Service Medal, 1854-95 - WAZIRISTAN 1894-95 - 164 Sepoy Fazl Din 33d Bl Infy 3- India Medal, 1895-1902, Victoria - PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98 - 164 Sepoy Fazl Din 33d Pjb Infy 4- Indian Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria 1888 issue - 164 Sepoy Fazl Din 33d Bl Infy As a regiment, the 21st Bengal Infantry received no medals or clasps between 1869 and 1891, other than no clasp Afghanistan 1878 awards for service in the Kurram Field Force. From his name it is evident that Fazl Din was a Punjabi Musalman, and he would have transferred to the 33rd [Punjabi 'Mahomedan'] Regiment of Bengal Infantry in 1891. In accordance with orders received in January 1891, the 33rd Bengal Infantry was disbanded and then immediately re-raised with a substantially modified class structure- hence the transfer of Punjab Muslims from the 21st Bengal Infantry, including Fazl Din. The 33rd Bengal Infantry went on to serve with the Waziristan Field Force from November 1894 to March 1895 and then with the Tochi Field Force between June 1897 and March 1898, earning the 1854 and 1895 India General Service medals with appropriate clasps. It was not present in any other field operations until the Great War.

Sepoy Kalla Singh, 3rd Sikh Infy 1- Second Afghan War, 1878-80 - KABUL, KANDAHAR - Sepoy Kalla Singh, 3rd Sikh Infy 2- Kabul to Kandahar Star - Sepoy Kola Singh 3rd Sikh Infy

YOU'RE afraid?? WE'RE afraid!!

So sad, Paul. I feared as much. I tremble for Mongolia. The damage in India has been progressive and not as abrupt.

Yes, and I am in quest of one . . . pant, pant. And that one too (new for me). Lovely item, lovely history!

Oops, how'd I miss 'em! Can you do your Moderator Magic and conjoin these, Oh Great Rick???

Interesting . . . and amazing what Google can do for recent awards. It does make me a bit uneasy with some of these awards that the recipient may still be alive . . . and could, themselves, Google this thread . . . .

Banner der Arbeit, stufe I Undocumented, but cased. Bartel 6h.

My sole contribution: Munka ?rdemrend / Order of Merit of Labor Cased, with ribbon bar.

For some reason, I thought we had a thread for Hungarian PR awards. Apparently, we do not (or at least I could not find it). OK, we have one now. Please post away!

Hero and friend. Sukhbaatar two ways.

One more, seen here before, though the slipping of the slope slows.

You never know, Peter. Maybe it sounds better in Japanese. So often, trying to fit things into English reveals the limitations of this language.

Thanks, Simon. Much to chew on here . . . . .

Lovely. Thanks. Ed

Yeah. The last I knew, there were only 15-20 Indian veterans of WWI left. (Entering service much younger, they have survived longer.) A friend of mine has gotten 8 or 10 of them on tape for extensive (one 4+ hours!) interviews. Soon . . . all finished!

Vaterl?ndischer Verdienstorden, Stufe III (bronze) Undocumented, but cased. Bartel #5g (198?-89).

Urkunde. Who is/was she???

Medal and ribbon bar.

First of several: Liane Neumann Banner der Arbeit, stufe II, 1 May 1984. Cased and documented.

Thanks, Dave, Mondvor, and Wild Card. "Centering" is often needed. We are REALLY discussing some important issues -- I think -- but, sometimes, we need to be reset.

Good question . . . we have a post-1945 German forum -- http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showforum=136 -- as kind of a cross-bred compromise. Dunno . . . ????

Thanks for reminding us, JC.

Not to get us into inter-forum rivalry -- of course -- but isn't this the Class-A Number-1 place for Mongolian awards?? Why even bother to talk about them in lesser venues??