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Indian Armed Forces
Indian Army References on the British Indian Army http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=97077
Books I own 1. India's Army by Major
Donovan Jackson, republishied by Low Price Publications, 425 Nimri Colony,
Delhi, 11052. ISBN 81-85557-79-9 Originally priced at Rs.60 (was sold at 50,
there may be more copies available at the same bookstore). It is also
distributed by DK agencies (they are on the web and accept credit cards). The
original publicaiton in England was in 1940 by Richard A. Fikentscher There was a time when the sun never
set on the British Empire, and native military and police units spanned the
globe from the Bahamas to the Far East. For the collector of British Medals
this means there are plenty of interesting, exotic, or just plain offbeat areas
to explore, but it can also be confusing. A lot of new collectors are
discovering medals with what looks like alphabet soup for a unit name. For
example: S.I.Ry.Vol.RF.--which translates as South India Railway Volunteer
Rifles. A.B.C.---Army Bearer Corps These abbreviations are taken mainly from actual medals. There is a variation in the usage of the abbreviations used, mainly to the clerk filling out the requests for the medals and how he understood what was written on the orders. Sources of Info:
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Indian Armed Forces
Indian Army References on the British Indian Army http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=97077
Books I own 1. India's Army by Major
Donovan Jackson, republishied by Low Price Publications, 425 Nimri Colony,
Delhi, 11052. ISBN 81-85557-79-9 Originally priced at Rs.60 (was sold at 50,
there may be more copies available at the same bookstore). It is also
distributed by DK agencies (they are on the web and accept credit cards). The
original publicaiton in England was in 1940 by Richard A. Fikentscher There was a time when the sun never
set on the British Empire, and native military and police units spanned the
globe from the Bahamas to the Far East. For the collector of British Medals
this means there are plenty of interesting, exotic, or just plain offbeat areas
to explore, but it can also be confusing. A lot of new collectors are
discovering medals with what looks like alphabet soup for a unit name. For
example: S.I.Ry.Vol.RF.--which translates as South India Railway Volunteer
Rifles. A.B.C.---Army Bearer Corps These abbreviations are taken mainly from actual medals. There is a variation in the usage of the abbreviations used, mainly to the clerk filling out the requests for the medals and how he understood what was written on the orders. Sources of Info:
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