1914-15 Star (No. 10 Mochi Isher Dass, 23/P. Mtn. Batty. F.F.)

The recipient was an attested public follower on the muster roll of 23rd Pack Mountain BatteryMochi: In the Indian Army, the trade of 'Mochi' refers to a person who is a shoemaker or leatherworker, essentially a cobbler, as 'Mochi' is a Hindi term for a traditional shoemaker caste in India; it's used as a term to describe the military personnel responsible for repairing and maintaining soldiers' boots and leather gear. The 'Mochi' was an especially important and necessary trade in any Mountain Battery, with footwear requiring extra special attention to detail concerning the hard terrains that the Mountain Gunners trained and operated inThe low regimental number No. 10, indicating that the recipient mustered as the 10th attested public follower on the roll books of the unitThis unit was the 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (FF)Condition: About VF