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Auction 30  18-20 Jan 2018
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Lot 1240

Starting price: 90 USD
Price realized: 130 USD
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GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, The India Medal, veiled effigy of Queen Victoria, facing left, with VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX around // British and Indian soldiers grasping standard, INDIA 1895 around, PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98 clasp, with new ribbon, awarded to 2661 Sepoy P. Singh, 31st Bengal Infantry, VF, ex Ajit Singh Collection. The India Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1896 for issue to officers and men of the British and Indian armies. It was awarded for various minor military campaigns in India, chiefly for service on the North-West Frontier during 1895 to 1902. This medal replaced the India General Service Medal (1854). Each campaign was represented by a clasp on the ribbon; seven were sanctioned. PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98: Issued for action from 10 June 1897 to 6 April 1898.

Estimate: 100-150 USD
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