WW1 Allied Victory Medal to Alladin! - Do not rub too hard!

One of my favourite finds from many years back, this medal is correctly impressed " 860 Alla Din, Tel. Dept". In GVF condition with original period ribbon.

The Indian Telegraph Department

In January 1890 the Indian Telegraph Department assumed responsibility for military telegraphy in India, and it was decided that in future expeditions the Department should make all arrangements for Army telegraphs, using either civilian telegraphists or Indian Sapper and Miner personnel who had been attached for training.

As a means of training, two sub-divisions of the telegraph system were to be worked entirely by Madras Sappers under the orders of the Director General of Telegraphs.

Meanwhile the Indian Sapper and Miner Regiments trained in other aspects of military signals duties and formed Divisional Signal Companies.

When Indian Expeditionary Force “B” was sent to East Africa in 1914 the Force Headquarters included a Telegraph Section. The manning of this Section included military telegraph operators recalled from service with the Indian Telegraph Department

(source: Lt Col E.W.C. Sandes’ book “The Indian Sappers and Miners”).

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