Two Thai Service Medals; Border & East Asia Combat Auction 1890 in London

1890 in London

gilt with red and blue paint on the lid

enamel chipping evident on the insignia

with a reverse exhibiting signs of wear

Two Thai Service Medals; Border & East Asia Combat Auction 1890 in LondonEast Asia Combat Service Medal (1941 1945) (silvered metal, 38. 3 mm); and Border Service Medal (bronze gilt, 38. 5 mm, missing its lotus leaf suspension). Each with original ribbons and suspended from inscribed spear hangers with pinbacks, contact marks on the reverse of the BSM, very fine. Footnote: The East Asia Combat Service Medal was issued in 1942, to be awarded to Thai military who served in the East Asia theatre during the Second World War.