Efficiency Medal. GVI first issue with 'India' bar (2803 Sep.Mir Alam 11-13 F.F.Rif., I.T.F.)

The recipient was by ethnicity and faith a Punjabi Mussalman, serving as a Sepoy (Private) with the 11th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, an infantry battalion of the Indian Territorial Force

11/13 F.F.R. was a single class battalion, being comprised entirely of Mussalmans. The battalion was mobilized on the outbreak of the Second World War and converted to an 'Active Service' battalion in September 1941, when it was re-designated the 15th/13th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles.

As 15/13th FFR the battalion served on the North West Frontier 1941-43, including service within 'Waziristan' tribal territory. When the expanding Royal Indian Navy made an appeal for 'Volunteers' for volunteers to transfer form the Indian Army, more then 600 members of the battalion requested for transfers to the Royal Indian Navy. Consequently the battalion was disbanded in in February 1943, with the men recorded as going on to serve with other units and services in Greece and Burma theatres

The medal mounted on a white metal mounting bar, this latter retaining its original long hinged pin 7 clasp

A scarce seen medal to this 'Piffer' battalion of Indian Territorial Force - and a separate entity from the European & Eurasian manned units of the Auxiliary Force India

Condition: About GVF

Code: 23759