General Service Medal 1918-62. GVI second issue obverse legend with clasp 'Malaya'. (2018 E.P.C. Bhola Singh S/O Kushal Singh. F. of M. Pol.)

By ethnicity and faith the recipient, Bola Singh, son of Kushal Singh, was an Indian of the Sikh faith, who held the rank of 'Extra Police Constable' while serving with the Federation of Malaya Police during the era of the 'Malaya Emergency'

E.P.C's - who were 'not' Special Constables - were part of the expanded, largely paramilitary police force designed to protect rubber plantations, tin mines, and villages, as well as to conduct patrols.

Condition: Toned GVF

Code: 24238