Efficiency Decoration. GVI first issue with integral top brooch suspension bar 'India' (Lt. (Hony Capt) A.S. West, 1 Bn., E.I. Ry.R. A.F.I.)

The medal sold together with:

- Original Royal Mint leatherette plush case of issue. The silk panel with Kings Crown Royal Mint logo
 
Lieutenant (Honorary Captain) Algernon Sydney West 1st Battalion East Indian Railway Regiment, Auxiliary Force India is confirmed as having his award of the Efficiency Decoration (India) published in the Gazette of India of  issue dated 3 January 1942

Rarity: Only an estimated 279 x Efficiency Decorations (India) ever awarded, of which just slightly over 200 were GVI issues, and thus all scarce on the market

Medal(s) Verification: The recipient was entitled to other medals, including for his Great War service per medal roll cited below. In addition, while Second World War campaign medal rolls are not accessible in the public domain as of 2026, the recipient would have been entitled to campaign medals per below criteria:

- British War Medal. Silver: WO 329/. Yorkshire Regiment was an embarkation NCO, on troopships t
- War Medal: Awarded for 28 x days uniformed service (recipient confirmed serving as of 03/01/42
- India Service Medal: Would have been entitled for 3 years aggregated service in India 1939-1945

Algernon Sydney West, eldest son of Joseph West (Manager of Coking By Product Plant) & Jane Anne West (nee Waring) was a native of Darwen, Lancashire, England, where he was born circa 1897. By the time of the compilation of the 1911 National Census for England & Wales, Algernon was residing with his parents and his younger siblings, vis brother Edgar Allan West (11 years) & sister Doreen West (6 years) at their residence located at, 'Beechwood', The Avenue, Kidsgrove, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, England. 

Condition: EF

Code: 25926