India General Service 1936-39, With 2 x clasps 'North West Frontier 1936-37' & 'North West Frontier 1937-39' (8996 Sepoy Tawiz Gul, S.W. Scouts.)

The upper clasp attached by rivets

The recipient Tawiz Gul, by ethnicity a Pathan, held the rank of 'Sepoy' (Private) while serving with the South Waziristan Scouts, a 'Frontier Corps' based and deployed in the Southern Waziristan tribal area of the North West Frontier of British India

Formerly known as the North Waziristan Militia (established in 1900), the South Waziristan Scouts (1922), were organized into three 'Wings' (each about a battalion strength) with their Corps Headquarters and a HQ Company located at Jandola, and with 2 x subsidiary 'Wing HQ's located at Sarwekai and another at Sarorghu, all located within in the tribal territory of South Waziristan, North West Frontier Province. Circa 1922, and for the duration of the inter-war era, the South Waziristan Scouts (S.W.S.) comprised a Headquarters Company, 2 x troops of Mounted Infantry (about 60 men in each troop, and considered very much the corps d'elite) and 48 x infantry platoons, comprising a total of 14 x British officers and 2,774 Pathan 'All-Ranks'

Condition: GVF

Code: 24899