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INDIA: JAMMU & KASHMIR: AE medal, ND (1895), The Jummoo & Kashmir Medal is somewhat 'kidney-shaped', 39mm in diameter and 35mm in high, and was struck in bronze. The obverse of this medal bears the Jammu and Kashmir coat of arms supported by two native soldiers stood on a scroll which contains a Hindustani verse, below which is the inscription; 'JUMMOO and KASHMIR' // depiction of the fortress of Chitral with mountains and a forest in the background and an officer with three other soldiers in the foreground. The medal was produced in London by Gurney and Son and was always issued with a clasp (missing here); 'CHITRAL 1895', makers mark; 'GURNEY LONDON' on the obverse lower left, VF. The Jummoo And Kashmir Medal was a campaign medal presented for service during the Defence of Chitral 1895 and its subsequent relief. The medal was 'instituted' in the same year and was awarded by the Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir to both his native troops, and a force of approximately 400 British soldiers who fought against the Afghan's led by Umra Khan and Sher Afzul. It originally came with a 32mm wide ribbon made up of five vertical strips of red, white and green.

Estimate: 75-100 USD