India General Service Medal 1854-1895, 3 Clasps: Burma 1889-92, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, mounted in that order as issued, awarded to Naik Jaker Singh, Bhamo Military Police Battalion. A Sikh recruit, he saw service during the Third Burmese War of 1885

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Description: India General Service Medal 1854-1895, 3 Clasps: Burma 1889-92, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, mounted in that order as issued, awarded to Naik Jaker Singh, Bhamo Military Police Battalion. A Sikh recruit, he saw service during the Third Burmese War of 1885 to 1887, and then in the clear up operations through into 1889, before going on to be present during the operations against the Burmese insurgents in the period from 16th April 1889 to 18th April 1892. India General Service Medal 1854-1895, 3 Clasps: Burma 1889-92, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, mounted in that order as issued, engraved naming in italics; (15 NAIK JAKER SINGH BHAMO MILY. POLICE) Awarded to Naik (No.15) Jaker Singh, Bhamo Military Police Battalion. A Sikh recruit, he saw service during the Third Burmese War of 1885 to 1887, and then in the clear up operations through into 1889, before going on to be present during the operations against the Burmese insurgents in the period from 16th April 1889 to 18th April 1892. From 1886 a number of units were raised specifically for the service in the newly annexed areas of upper Burma which now came under administration from India. At the same time military district police were raised in both upper and lower Burma. The levies and armed police battalions were recruited from a number of classes, including Punjabis, Hindustanis, Assamese, Manipuris, and Gurkhas. The local tribes were not considered suitable for recruitment. The men, although primarily soldiers, had the power of arrest but almost no knowledge of the military machine with it's concepts of teeth-arms, support corps etc. Later on, the recruiting net was spread wider and included Garhwalis, Sikhs, Rajputs, Karens and other Burmese and Indian frontier hill tribes. Most of the Gurkhas would have been domiciled in Assam or Burma or, it is thought, came from the Kiranti tribes of eastern Nepal - Limbus and Rais. some contact wear, naming faint in places, Very Fine.