A fine senior NCO's campaign and long service medal group of 6: Staff Sergeant T. G. Potter, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, late Royal Army Service Corps and 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment

A). India General Service 1908. GV 2nd issue & clasp 'North West Frontier 1935' (5496796 Pte. T. G. Potter. Hamps. R.

B). India General Service 1936. With clasp 'North West Frontier 1936-37' (5496796 Pte. T. Potter. Hamps. R.)

C). Defence Medal

D). War Medal

E). Military LS&GC Medal. GVI 2nd issue 'Regular Army' bar (S/5496796 S. Sgt. T. G. Potter. R.A.S.C.)

F). Military Meritorious Service Medal. EIIR., 2nd issue (5496796 S. Sgt. T. G. Potter. R.E.M.E.)

Medals & clasp verification: Both of the India General Service medals and clasps confirmed entitled per the regimental medal rolls of the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment (rolls for the other medals are not yet in the public domain), cited as under:

- India General Service 1908 & clasp: The roll compiled & signed at Rawalpindi Cantonment, Punjab, India, on, 10 November 1936

- India General Service 1936 & clasp: Ref WO 100/499. The roll compiled & signed at Palestine (Mandate Territory) on, 27 November 1938

The recipient was posted to the Hampshire Regiment, when he first enlisted in the British Army (circa 1930) during the inter-war era, his unique Army number being in the block that had been allocated to the Hampshire Regiment in 1920. He had transferred from the 1/Hamps sometime prior to 1937, as he was not present with the battalion during the battalions qualifying service for the GSM 1918 with pre-war clasp for 'Palestine'

The medals mounted in the swing style and as-worn by the recipient. The silk ribands suspended from a mounting bar which latter retains its original long hinged pin and clasp fittings

Sold with copied medal roll extracts for the two India General Service Medals

Condition: GVF

Code: 22009