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An inter-War 'North West Frontier of India Operations 1930-31' O.B.E. group of eight...
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An inter-War ‘North West Frontier of India Operations 1930-31’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel V. C. Cassidy, Royal Indian Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1930; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. V. C. Cassidy.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt. V. C. Cassidy, S. & T.C.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for wear, lacquered, good very fine (8) £300-£400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 26 June 1931: ‘For valuable services rendered in the field in connection with military operations on the North-West Frontier of India during the period 23 April to 12 September 1930.’ Vivian Clemons Cassidy was commissioned into the Indian Army and served during the Great War as a Captain in the Supply and Transport Corps, attached South Persia Rifles, in South Persian from 27 July 1917 to 26 July 1918. Reverting to the Indian Army Service Corps, he saw further service in Waziristan, and then on the North West Frontier of India 1930-31, being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his service in the latter conflict.
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An inter-War ‘North West Frontier of India Operations 1930-31’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel V. C. Cassidy, Royal Indian Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1930; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. V. C. Cassidy.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt. V. C. Cassidy, S. & T.C.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for wear, lacquered, good very fine (8) £300-£400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 26 June 1931: ‘For valuable services rendered in the field in connection with military operations on the North-West Frontier of India during the period 23 April to 12 September 1930.’ Vivian Clemons Cassidy was commissioned into the Indian Army and served during the Great War as a Captain in the Supply and Transport Corps, attached South Persia Rifles, in South Persian from 27 July 1917 to 26 July 1918. Reverting to the Indian Army Service Corps, he saw further service in Waziristan, and then on the North West Frontier of India 1930-31, being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his service in the latter conflict.
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