IDENTIFIERS
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id:	141401
accession number:	CM.1307-2009

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 15 January 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Although European officers served in the forces of the British East India Company, and British units served in India, for a while there was also a locally-raised Indian Local European Army among the Imperial forces in the subcontinent; its units were eventually subsumed into the Indian Army proper. The previous service of men so transferred was not forgotten, and in 1859 a Long Service & Good Conduct Medal was issued especially for them. Unfortunately through some mistake it was struck to a naval design, meaning that only some 300 were awarded before the issue was stopped. The medal is correspondingly rare.
Among its few recipients was Bombardier Patrick Cashman of what was by 1859 the 3rd Battalion, European Artillery. Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.
title:	Indian Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, acquired before 1928


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals
collection:	Lester Watson Collection
creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141401





TECHNIQUES
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struck

CATEGORIES
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category: medal

DATING
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creation date:	1859 - 1874
creation date earliest:	1859
creation date latest:	1874

CREATORS
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maker: Calcutta
maker: Victoria (1837-1901)
maker: East India Company
maker: Victoria regina
maker: London

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 36.3

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 36.3



CITATIONS
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Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations Awarded to the Ar
British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)
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