| Product
Code |
: |
PUD NO_948-65 AE |
| Subject | : | Bata Shoe Company |
| Size | : | 51 mm |
| Metal | : | Brass |
| Year | : | 1948 |
| Description | : | obv. Very high profile bust of Bata, facing right, around border : THOMAS BATA 1876-1932, rev. At top : AWARDED TO. Impressed on lower half : BATA SHOE COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED / BATANAGAR WEST BENGAL INDIA / 12-4-1937.
Tom Bata, President of Bata Shoe Company, who the author met in India on October 30, 1988, advised that about 150 of these long service medals are given out annually in India. They were made by Garrard in London and more recently by an American firm. |
