Lot 661

India, Group of 6 Medals, 1). General Service Medal -Naga Hills - (4150098 SEP. Divan Singh Kumaon R.) The Naga Hills clasp was awarded for 180 days’ service in 1955-1956 in the Naga Hills in the far northeast of India on the border with Myanmar (Burma). Nationalist agitation and insurgency by the Naga people lasted from the 1950s until 1997, 38.68 gms, 36.95 mm. 2). Sainya Seva medal (4150098 SEP. Divan Singh Kumaon R.) this awarded for 1 year continuous or aggregate deployment & service in harsh climatic and topographical  Himalaya regions of India, 29.05 gms 35.15 mm. 3). 9 years Long Service medal (4150098 SEP. Divan Singh Kumaon R.), 28.55 gms 35.37 mm 4). 25th Independence Anniversary Medal, 23.08 gms 35.17 mm. 5). The Sangram Medal was awarded for service during the 1971/72 war with Pakistan. Eligibility for being awarded the medal was extended to all categories of personnel who served in the military, paramilitary forces, police, and civilians in service in the operational areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, or Tripura between 3 December 1971 and 20 December 1972, 22.64 gms, 35.49 mm. 6). Paschimi Star (Western Star) was a medal awarded to personnel of the Indian armed forces for participation on the western borders of India (on the ground, on the sea or in the air) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, 16.46 gms 40.13 mm.