IDENTIFIERS
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id:	141358
accession number:	CM.1264-2009

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 Army of India Medal's issue in 1849 having marked the previous half-century's combats in the region, further conflicts in the 1850s led in 1854 to the design and issue of a General Service Medal for the theatre, for which bars would be issued as each new campaign merited.
The Chin or Kuki peoples lived (and live) in an area now split between modern Bangladesh and Myanmar, but in the late nineteenth century were not part of any state. Worries over the security of the area engendered British plans to disarm the tribes, as a result of which they rose in rebellion in 1892. 6 different columns were dispatched into Chin territory and did various damages but the Chins mostly avoided battle, and surrender terms were arranged early in 1893.
This medal was awarded to Private Papayya of the 28th Madras Infantry. Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford in 1928.
title:	Indian General Service Medal (1854-95)

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Gifford 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/141358





TECHNIQUES
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struck

CATEGORIES
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category: medal

DATING
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creation date:	1903 - 1903
creation date earliest:	1903
creation date latest:	1903

CREATORS
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maker: London
maker: Victoria (1837-1901)
maker: Wyon, Leonard Charles
maker: Victoria regina

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 35.7

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 41.09



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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