jkalirai Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 My great-grandfather received this medal (Indian Distinguished Service Medal, IDSM) while fighting in Mesopotamia during World War I with the 76th Punjabis (Gulzara Singh). I'm trying to locate a copy or replica of the medal. Does anyone have any ideas?Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) Although everything seems to be reproduced these days, I'm not sure I've ever seen an I.D.S.M.For display purposes you could obtain a first issue George V Indian Army Long Service or Meritorious Service Medal and put an I.D.S.M. ribbon on it. The obverses are identical. You want the issue that says "Kaiser-i-Hind" on the obverse. Edited December 6, 2007 by Michael Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) Simply for display, if you must have full-size, Michael's suggestion is fine. A miniature group would also be a good commemorative display. Making the fakers and other makers of garbage rich(er) seems to me a bad idea although, happily, the IDSM is still a fake-free zone, so far as I know.Determining his entitlemenet will, of course, not be easy. More an exercise in fiction than in history? I have outlined elsewhere what I have been able (so far) to find of his career and we are looking (at least) at: IDSM; 1914-15 Star; BWM; Victory with MiD. Edited December 6, 2007 by Ed_Haynes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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