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Mint:
London
Artist:
Wyon, William
Artist:
Wyon, Leonard Charles
Ruler:
Victoria (1837-1901)
Ruler:
Victoria regina
(With the title of)
The Army of India Medal's issue in 1849 having marked the previous half-century's combats in the region, further conflicts in the 1850s led in 1854 to the design and issue of a General Service Medal for the theatre, for which bars would be issued as each new campaign merited.
The North-West Frontier, where British rule in India met Afghanistan, was guarded by a variety of arrangements, including accommodations with local potentates. Two such were the Khan of Agror and the Khan of Allai, both of whose capitals lie in modern Pakistan. Both rulers were commonly involved in intrigues against the British, often involving the Hassanzai, Akazai and Chagarzai tribes of the Black Mountain area of Hazara (also in modern Pakistan), whose raids resulted in British punitive expeditions against them in 1888, 1891 and 1892. The first of these campaigns, sparked by the murder of a British survey party, finally deposed the then-Khan of Agror, Ali Gauhar, and the Khanate was dissolved by British order in 1891.
Participation in the 1888 campaign earnt this bar, which is here affixed to the medal of Private A. Roberts of the 2nd Battalion, Sussex Regiment. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.
History note: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt before 1928
Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009
Diameter: 36.4 mm
Weight: 40.91 g
Method of acquisition: Given (2009) by Watson, Lester
1889 - 1895
Inscription present: Bust of Victoria facing left
Inscription present: Victory crowning seated Classical warrior with laurel wreath
Accession number: CM.1251-2009
Primary reference Number: 141345
Watson Catalogue: 150
Ordering: M-0134
Previous object number: LW.0134
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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