Havildar Shankar Powar, Bombay Engineers Group

[Ed_Haynes]

Just in. Apoligies for the naked medals.

Havildar Shankar Powar, Bombay Engineers Group

1- General Service Medal 1947 - JAMMU AND KASHMIR 1947-48 - "1505756 NK. SHANKAR POWAR, BOMBAY ENGR. GP., R.I.E."

2- Meritorious Service Medal - ""1505756 HAV. SHANKAR POWAR, BOMBAY ENGR. GP."

3- Indian Independence Medal - unnamed

4- 1939-45 Star - unnamed

5- War Medal 1939-45 - unnamed

[eitze]

Hello Ed,

not my field, but always interesting to see your new stuff.

Just one question: is there a collector`s market for ODM in India/Pakistan ???

greetings

eitze

[Ed_Haynes]

Just one question: is there a collector`s market for ODM in India/Pakistan ???

Yes, very much. But only a few collectors (South Asian or foreign) can contend with the ever-rising prices and shrinking supplies. A standard ECON 101 scenario. Many items are now cheaper and easier to find in London, at London prices, than in New Delhi. Yet the best items still stay in India (and, I presume, Pakistan, though the market there is less well developed).

[Brian Wolfe]

Oh, to have the time and cash to go to the source (India) for those rare items. Perhaps Pakistan would not be the best place to hunt for medals at the moment, still the temptation would be there.

Great group, Ed.

Cheers

Brian

[censlenov]

I seriously considered getting into collecting ww2/modern indian groups as they are still priced nice but the one thing holding me back is finding a supplier of replacement ribbons. Ed do you happen to know of one?

Cheers

Chris

[Ed_Haynes]

Pre-1947 ribbons are fairly easy to get, for example from the OMSA or OMRS ribbon banks. Post-1947 ribbons are in the OMSA ribbon bank (I keep them pretty well supplied).