A Second World War Burma theatre and post-war South East Asia campaign medal group of 3: Naik Ram Chand, Dogra Regiment

- The Burma Star. No clasp
- War Medal
- GSM 1918-62. GVI I clasp 'SEA 1945-46' (10295 Nk. Ram Chand, Dogra R.)

All 3 x medals are Calcutta Mint issues

In August 1945, the numered regimental prefix 17th was dropped from the name of the former 17th Dogra Regiment, the regiment thereafter called the 'Dogra Regiment'

The Indian soldier Chan, was by ethnicity a Dogra Rajputof the Hindu faith, who held the rank of 'Rifleman' while serving with a battalion of the Dogra Regiment, an infantry unit of the British Indian Army

Medals Verification: Medal rolls for native personnel of the Indian Army who served in the Second World War and post-war operations in South East Asia are not available in the public domain, we are however providing the 'basic'  qualifying criteria for each medal

- The Burma Star. No clasp: Awarded for 1 days service in qualifying theatre 11/12/42-02/09/45
- War Medal: Automatic entitlement for aggregated 28 days service in the Indian Army
- GSM 1918-62. SEA 1945-46: 1 day in French Indochina, or Netherlands East Indies 1945-46

The medals mounted in the swing style. The brass mounting bar retaining its original long hinged pin & tubular clasp fittings

Condition: VF

Code: 25966