Date
Instituted: 1908.
Campaign: India 1908 - 1935.
Description: The obverse of this medal bears the head of the reigning
monarch while the reverse depicts the fortress of Jamrud at the
Khyber Pass with the word 'INDIA' within a wreath below. The swivelling
suspender is of the ornate scroll type.
Metal: Silver and bronze.
Size: 36mm.
Clasps: 'NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1908', 'ABOR 1911-12', 'AFGHANISTAN
NWF 1919', 'MAHSUD 1919-21 & WAZIRISTAN 1919-21', 'MALABAR 1921-22',
'WAZIRISTAN 1921-24', 'WAZIRISTAN 1925', 'NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1930-32',
'BURMA 1930-32', 'MOHMAND 1933' and 'NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1935'.
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Naming: Impressed
capital letters.
Comments: As with previous India general service medals this medal
was awarded for minor campaigns in and around the Indian sub-continent.
This medal was struck at both the Royal Mint and the Calcutta Mint
with the latter having a plain (rather than ornate) claw mount.
Bronze versions of this medal were awarded to native bearers. |
