India: Poorvi Star 1971 (7044719 Sep Harans Singh E M E)

Note: While the medal is officially impressed, and recipients details are very clear - curiously the medal had been double named - the 'other' recipients details being crossed over by the engraver!

Recipient was an Indian soldier of the Sikh faith holding the rank of 'Sepoy' while serving with the Electrical & Mechanical Engineers of the Indian Army

Awarded to all Armed Forces & and other eligible uniformed services personnel, who served under fire (experienced combat conditions) anywhere in the designated 'Eastern Sector' during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. The medal was awarded to all those Indian personnel who served in the campaign against 'East Pakistan', or the 'War of Liberation' that gave birth to the independent country of Bangladesh. This also included sea and air service in the Bay of Bengal, and on the Assam / East Pakistan frontier

Condition: GVF

Code: 21039