NAM.1980-05-156-1

Tray, 1929-1930. Afghan silver, probably made in Kabul, 1904 (c). Associated with Brig William Lowry Alston, 1st (Marine) Bn Corps of Bombay Pioneers. Associated with the Indian Army. Circular, with heavily decorated border. Inscribed at centre: 'LOOTED FROM KABUL BY/ WAZIRS & MAHSUDS/ WHEN ASSISTING NADIR KHAN/ IN ITS RECAPTURE' and below another, probably a translation of a device engraved on the rim. Engraved on rim with design of a palace within a roundel, within an eight-pointed rayed star, the whole surmounting a scroll engraved with an Afghan inscription. The rim is raised with a scallop pattern of eight points, and border is finely engraved with scrolling flora. Upon the back of the plate is a simple Afghan inscription: 'WEIGHT OF SILVER IN PLATE/ Misquals (Part of a Tola)/ Nakhud (Part of a Misqual).' Associated with the 3rd Afghan War (1919) and India, North West Frontier, Waziristan (1929-1930).

India, North West Frontier (1920-1937), 3rd Afghan War (1919)