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Auction: 7029 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 415

Seven: Colonel W. Blake, Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Regiment, Auxiliary Force India, Late 66th Punjabis, Indian Army 1914-15 Star (2/Lt. W. Blake 1/66th. Punjabis); British War Medal (2-Lt. W. Blake); Victory Medal (2-Lieut. W. Blake); War Medal; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935; Indian Volunteer Forces Officers´ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse engraved in large serif capitals ´Capt. W. Blake. 1 B.B.&C.I. Ry.R., A.F.I.´, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1927) and silver-gilt, with integral top riband bar, good very fine, with the related miniature awards, the 1914-15 Star an unofficial design; and riband bar, all housed in a contemporary velvet-lined wooden case (7) Estimate £ 300-350 Lieutenant-Colonel William Blake, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 66th Punjabis, 15.10.1914; transferred 1-17th Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Battalion, 1.4.1917; advanced Captain 1.10.1924; Major, 13.4.1933; Lieutenant-Colonel, 21.12.1938; Commandant and Honorary Colonel, Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Regiment; appointed Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell, G.C.B., C.M.G., M.C., 11.7.1941.

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