IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 141251 accession number: CM.1157-2009 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: In 1824 raiding by Burmese troops of King Bagyidaw of Ava, in modern-day Myanmar, into the border states of Sylhat and Cachar (now both in India) caused their independent rulers states to appeal for help from the British in India. This led to an orchestrated reprisal expedition whose aim was to take Rangoon. The campaign lasted through two years of extremely difficult fighting but in 1826, with his forces driven from Assam, Rakhine and Manipur, King Bagyidaw agreed a treaty with the British. He was to abdicate in 1837. This medal was awarded by the British East India Company to the land forces involved in what was called the "war in Ava"; naval and marine forces were awarded a bar to the Army of India Medal. This gold issue of the medal was awarded to the Indian officers and officials involved in the campaign; their troops received a silver medal. This one is unnamed, so the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928. title: Burma War Medal NOTES ----- type: history note value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Baldwin before 1928 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals collection: Lester Watson Collection creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141251 TECHNIQUES ---------- struck CATEGORIES ------ category: medal DATING ------ creation date: 1831 - 1832 creation date earliest: 1831 creation date latest: 1832 CREATORS -------- maker: London maker: East India Company maker: Daniell, William DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: mm value: 37.9 dimension: Weight units: g value: 35.34 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Images of Empire: The British Empire on 19th century medals CITATIONS -------- British Battles and Medals 7th edn British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959) --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0040_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 119 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0040_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 119 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0040_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 119 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0040_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 119 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0040_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 117 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0040_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 117 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0040_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 117 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0040_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 117 pixels