United Kingdom. An Efficiency Medal, Ceylon Light Infantry Newly Listed engraved on reverse "GEORG CLAUS"

engraved on reverse "GEORG CLAUS"

frosted patina on the obverse of the MC (issued in 1936)

to seize control of the port of Fiume

Constructed of fine silver aluminum bullion wiring over thick white cord

measuring 118 mm x 83 mm

United Kingdom. An Efficiency Medal, Ceylon Light Infantry Newly Listed engraved on reverse "GEORG CLAUS"George VI, Indiae: Imp: with Ceylon Scroll (L CPL. A. C. M. HANIFFA. C. L. I.). Naming is engraved in large capitals. Contact marks, original ribbon, very fine. Footnote: The regiment's origins can be traced back to the formation of the Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers (CLIV) force which was formed on April 1, 1881 by a proclamation issued by the Governor of Ceylon as a reserve unit in Ceylon. In the same year, the Prince of Wales accepted the