A Burma Campaign and post-Pakistan Independence medal group of 5: Subedar Hukam Dad, 1st Punjab Regiment Punjab, Pakistan Army, late Jemadar (W.S. Subedar) 1st Punjab Regiment of the British Indian Army

- Pakistan: Independence Medal 1947 (PJO-10056 Subedar Hukam Dad 1 P R)
- Pakistan: Republic Medal 1956
- The 1939-45 Star. No clasp:
- The Burma Star. No clasp
- War Medal 1939-45

By ethnicity and faith the recipient was a Punjabi Mussalman who latterly held the commissioned Pakistan Junior Officer rank of Subedar, while serving with a battalion of the 1st Punjab Regiment of the Pakistan Army, and who earlier during the Second World War had been serving as a Viceroy's Commissioned Officer (VCO) holding rank of Jemadar (W.S. Subedar)  in a battalion of the 1st Punjab Regiment of the British Indian Army

1). First enrolled 21 March 1931. Commissioned Jemadar 1 December 1940. Holding War Substantive (or W-S) rank of Subadar
2). First enrolled 3 March 1925. Commissioned Jemadar 16 May 1941. Holding War Substantive rank (or W-S) of Subadar

The first listed Hukam Dad (and the likely recipient of the medals on offer) is recorded as having qualified at a School of Education and qualified in 'Machine-Gun', while the latter 'Hukam Dad', is also shown in the IA List as having qualified in Small Arms (Saugor) & as Assistant Instructor in Physical Training (A.S.P.T. India) 2nd Class or Standard 

Prior to the partition of British India and the creation of the state of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, the British Indian Army had no less than 6 x multi-battalion Punjab Regiments, vis, 1st, 2nd, 8th, 14th, 15th, 16th Punjab Regiments, all of which - except for the 2nd Punjab Regiment - were transferred to the Pakistan Army.

1st Punjab Regiment was the most senior of the Punjab Regiments in the British Indian Army. Formed in 1922, it traced its origins back to 1759 as the 3rd Battalion of Coast Sepoys, making its senior-most battalion the oldest-surviving infantry unit of the former British Indian Army, and later of the Pakistan Army. In 1956, 1st Punjab Regiment was amalgamated with 14th, 15th & 16th Punjab Regiments, to form the multi-battalion Punjab Regiment of the Pakistan Army  

The medals mounted in the swing-style in the correct Pakistan order of precedence, and as-worn by the recipient. The white metal mounting bar with cloth panel backing and retaining its long hinged pin and clasp fittings

Condition: Mostly VF

Code: 25965