The Paul McIlvaine Collection - WWII Short Snorters - India
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The Short Snorter Project
One Rupee Government of India Note Series 1935 - Serial Number 16A 310109
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This is a One Rupee note issued by the Government of India with 1935 on the reverse. It has the remnants of cellophane
tape on the edges and must have been detached from a roll of short snorters. The provinces of India included most of
modern-day India plus parts of Bangladesh and Pakistan. As a colony of Great Britain it was part of the Allies in World
War II. At the outbreak of the war, the Indian Army numbered about 200,000 men and rose to over 2.5 million. India
provided many men to combat the threat of Facism and Nazism. Indian forces included tank, artillery, and airborne
forces. Indian soldiers earned 30 Victoria Crosses during World War II.
FRONT SIGNATURES:
Lester E. Nelson
Earl J. Baker
Robert E. Butler
Pete Curozac
C. E. Booke
A. V. Coley
A. F. Miserole
BACK SIGNATURES:
Bill Hawkins
Trurl Morgazone
Walter L. Stewart
Lt Col
W. H. “Bud” Mowers
217 W . 3rd St.
Hinsdale, Ill.
R. D. Burke
A. F. Miserole