IDENTIFIERS
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id:	141329
accession number:	CM.1235-2009

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 15 January 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The First Anglo-Afghan War was brought about, against a background of British desire to control this troublesome area on the Indian North-West Frontier, by the campaign of the exiled Shah Shujah al-Mulk, to oust his brother Mahmud from the Afghan throne (something which he had done in 1803 in order to succeed in the first place).
After an unsuccessful attempt in 1833 backed by the ruler of the Punjab, Shujah managed to add British support for a campaign of 1839 and was thereby restored, although he was assassinated almost as soon as the British left the country, provoking a return to conflict for which other medals were awarded.
The most difficult part of the campaign was the capture of the fortress in the mountain pass of Ghazni, and for participation in this battle Shah Shujah had a medal stuck at Calcutta. He was dead before it could be issued, but Queen Victoria and the East India Company allowed it to be awarded through the usual channels anyway.
This example was awarded to Sergeant S. Fenton of the 13th Regiment. Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.
title:	Ghuznee Medal

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt before 1928


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals
collection:	Lester Watson Collection
creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141329





TECHNIQUES
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struck

CATEGORIES
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category: medal

DATING
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creation date:	1842 - 1842
creation date earliest:	1842
creation date latest:	1842

CREATORS
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maker: Calcutta
maker: Shuja al-Mulk (1803-9, 1839-42)
maker: East India Company
maker: Victoria (1837-1901)
maker: London

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 37.1

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 31.07



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Images of Empire: The British Empire on 19th century medals
CITATIONS
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British Battles and Medals 7th edn
British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)
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