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Punjab Campaign Medal 1849
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: a Sikh chief surrending arms to Major General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert (on horseback), English troops drawn up in the rear; a hill and palm trees in the distance. Legend: "TO THE ARMY OF THE PUNJAB." Suspended from a cusped bar and dark blue ribbon edged with yellow. Inscribed on edge, "1ST CLASS ENGR. W.H.J.SPEARMAN, IND.FLOT. (INDIAN FLOTILLA)."
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0049 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William |
| Events: | Second Sikh War, 1848-1849 |
| Date made: | 1849 |
| People: | Spearman, W.H.J; Gilbert, Walter Raleigh |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |
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