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INDIAN ORDER OF MERIT, Military Division, 4th type (single class 1945-47), Reward of Gallantry, silver, gold and enamel,
complete with top suspension brooch, enamel flaked in centre, otherwise extremely fine and rare £1200-1500
Reduced to a single class in 1945, approximately 35 awards of this type are believed to have been made.
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A fine O.B.I. and R.V.M. group of eight awarded to Hon. Captain Khairati Singh, Sardar Bahadur, 16th Light Cavalry,
His Majesty’s Indian Orderly Officer 1934, together with related family medals
ORDER OF BRITISH INDIA, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel, lacking suspension loop; 1914-15 STAR (1249
Dfdr. Khairati Singh, 27/Light Cavy.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1249 Jemdr. Khairati Singh, 27 Cavy.); GENERAL SERVICE
1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Jemdr. Khairate Singh); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 2 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919,
Waziristan 1919-21 (Jemdr. Khairati Singh, 27 L. Cavy.); ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, Silver, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; JUBILEE
1935, mounted court style as worn
Pair: Risaldar Lakhpat Singh, 26th Light Cavalry
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1495 Risldr Lakhpat Singh, 26 L. Cavy.); INDIAN RECRUITING BADGE, G.V.R., bronze, silver and
enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘460’, mounted court style as worn
Five: Captain Chandra Bahn Singh, Hodson’s Horse, Indian Armoured Corps
INDIAN INDEPENDENCE 1947 (IEC-2297 T/Capt. C. B. Singh, A.C.); 1939-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these last
four all officially impressed (2297 Capt. Chandra Bahn Singh, I.A.C.) mounted court style as worn, generally nearly very
fine or better (16) £1000-1200
O.B.I. First Class, with title of “Sardar Bahadur”, awarded on 7 August 1935 to Hon. Captain Khairati Singh, 16th Light Cavalry
R.V.M. Silver awarded in July 1934 to Risaldar Khairati Singh, Bahadur, 16th Light Cavalry, for services as one of H.M’s. Indian Orderly
Officers in 1934.
Khairati Singh served in the 27th (later renumbered 16th) Light Cavalry in the War of 1914-21 - France and Belgium, 31 December
1914 to 27 March 1916, Iraq, 26 February 1917 to 12 June 1918; South Persia 1918-19; Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919; Waziristan 1919
-24.
Captain Chandra Bahn Singh was the son of Risaldar Lakhpat Singh, brother of Captain Khairati Singh.
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