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Auction: 8010 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 112

A ´1947´ C.I.E. Group of Five to Lieutenant-Colonel D.G.H. de la Fargue, Indian Political Service, Late Indian Army, Chief Secretary to the Government of the North-West Frontier a) The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Companion´s (C.I.E.) neck Badge, 56mm including crown suspension x 37mm, gold and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue b) British War and Victory Medals (Capt. D.G.H. de la Fargue.), the Victory Medal as issued in India c) Jubilee 1935 d) Coronation 1937, edge bruising, generally very fine or better, the C.I.E. nearly extremely fine, with three related cap badges and a highly decorative heraldic album, containing a large number of military and civil crests (5) Estimate £ 550-750 C.I.E. London Gazette 12.7.1947 Lieutenant-Colonel Dudley Gordon Heriot de la Fargue, Indian Political Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of the North-West Frontier Province. Lieutenant-Colonel Dudley Gordon Heriot de la Fargue, C.I.E., born 1897; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 21.9.1916; Attached 6th King Edward´´s Own Cavalry, Indian Army, 21.2.1917; Lieutenant 21.9.1917; Arrived in India, 26.8.1919; Captain 11.9.1920; Appointed Political Department, Government of India, 11.4.1923; Served as Under-Secretary to the Agent to the Governor General in Central India, April 1925; Assistant Political Agent, Loralai, November 1926; Assistant to the Political Agent in Kalat, January 1928; Under-Secretary, Foreign and Political Department, July 1930; Assistant Commissioner, Ajmer-Merwara, March 1932; Secretary to the A.G.G. in Rajputana, and Chief Commissioner, Ajmer-Merwara, January 1933; Major 11.9.1934; Political Agent, Zhob, November 1934; Home Secretary to the Government, North West Frontier Province, July 1938; Deputy Commissioner, Bannu, October 1938; Political Agent, East Kathiawar, August 1940; Loralai, September 1941; Kurram, May 1944; Lieutenant-Colonel, 11.9.1942; Chief Secretary to the Government, North West Frontier Province, November 1944.

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