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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 566

A scarce Waziristan I.D.S.M. awarded to Jemadar Labhu Ram, 2/30th Punjabis

Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Jemdr. Labhu Ram, 2/30/Pjbs.) lacking top suspension brooch, good very fine

I.D.S.M. G.G.O. 1035 of 1921 (Waziristan). One of five awards to the regiment for this theatre of war.

The 2nd Battalion, 30th Punjabis was founded at Lahore on 28 December 1917 and was composed of 4 Companies, two made up of Punjabi Muslims, with the other made up of Sikhs and Dogras. The Battalion saw action during the Great War in the Palestine Campaign, notably at the Battle of Megiddo. Having returned to India, it was re-mobilised at Multan in May 1919 and saw action during the Third Anglo-Afghan War and with the Waziristan Force. Its War Diary reports 'D' Company being attacked by raiders whilst covering the Kotkai-Jandola Convoy, with 'C' Company and Battalion HQ being called to action to support. The Battalion was disbanded on 15 March 1922.

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