Ed_Haynes Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 The second-tier military gallantry award of the Republic of India is the Maha Vir Chakra, awarded for acts of valour in the presence of the enemy. Like the PVC, the MVC was created in 1950 with retrospective awards back to 15 August 1947.Through 2003, there have been 212 awards of this decoration.I know of only one MVC "in captivity". What I show here is another ex-ANS-collection mint specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 Like the other gallantry awards, a bar has been designed for second or subsequent awards of the MVC. Unlike the other awards, this bar has actually been awarded six times (that Rana and I could trace); to date, no second bars have been awarded.The same bar is used for the other gallantry awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 very cool- you are very fortunate to have custody of one of these methinks-I noted this from the IMOD site. Do all MVC winners have a special title before their names indicated how the award was won?http://www.defenceindia.com/defenceind/mahavir_chakra.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 very cool- you are very fortunate to have custody of one of these methinks-I noted this from the IMOD site. Do all MVC winners have a special title before their names indicated how the award was won?http://www.defenceindia.com/defenceind/mahavir_chakra.htmlNope. This is just babble from the Ministry of Defence public relations weasels. All they'd get is a "MVC" after their name. But that is quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) Are they named?I do not yet have your book. I am hoping for my birthday.... Edited January 24, 2009 by Ulsterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) Yes, almost all Indian medals are named. While they probably originally intended the reverse area for naming, they are named on the edge. The MVC I have, being just a mint specimen, isn't named, of course.The one I have seen with a (very fortunate) collector and the two I have seen with the recipients are very nicely named, though recent PVCs and ACs are pretty ugly in their naming. Edited January 23, 2009 by Ed_Haynes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Hi Ed,I've been grounded from cyber space for the past three days after my computer crashed. Your posts were a welcomed treat upon my return. Thanks for showing these great medals.RegardsBrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Fascinating-I saw one of these last year on eBay sold from the UK along with a group of 1970s medal. I assumed they were tailor's copies. Do such thing exist...or did I miss a bargain (again)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 Tailors copies do exist, but I have never seen one of a MVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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