‘File 15/13 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1, Rules and instructions to wear orders (Decorations) medals’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 15/13 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1, Rules and instructions to wear orders (Decorations) medals’
- Date:
- 1926/1941
- Description:
- Abstract: The main contents of the file are the following printed documents, which were originally circulated by the Viceroy of India to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and others, for information and guidance:A Government of India, Foreign and Political Department Notification dated 22 May 1928, reproducing the text of the regulations governing the acceptance and wearing of foreign orders and medals, by both military and civil government servants;Two lists showing the order in which orders, decorations and medals should be worn, compiled by the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, St James’s Palace, London, 1936 and 1941;Instructions about the wearing of orders, miniature decorations and medals with evening dress, compiled by the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, St James’s Palace, London, 1936.The file also contains the following main items of correspondence:A circular letter dated 1926, from the Secretary to the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India and the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, which provides instructions about the method of wearing with evening dress, a Companion’s badge of the orders of the Star of India and the Indian Empire;An addendum to a letter dated 1928, from the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, regarding the cost, in rupees, of replacing a 1911, silver Delhi Durbar Medal.Physical description: Foliation: numbered 1A-1D, 2-18. The numbering is written in pencil in the top right corner of the folio and encircled. The numbering starts at the front of the file, on the file cover (f 1A) and ends on the inside cover at the back of the file (f 18). Folio 1C is blank.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Awards
Honours - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0000be_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0000be_en
IOR/R/15/2/1455
IOR/R/15/2/1455