15929705920001312637261000Standard Recordobject-141369170534538372717053297110001705345370694fitz-onlineadlib-object-141369https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1413690e8d20c6-4fb9-3fc5-9e24-af185574fb627referenceterm-42993adlib-term-4299393884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0medalreferenceterm-122711adlib-term-1227111db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557abLester Watson CollectionCoins and MedalsThe India Medal of 1895 having needed alteration for its last issues due to the death of Queen Victoria, in 1908 it was decided to replace it entirely with a new medal of Edward VII, which was first issued in 1909. When the first issue was made under King George V, in 1911, Richard Garbe designed a new obverse but the medal was otherwise unaltered.
The ignominious defeat of Afghan forces in the Third Anglo-Afghan War left considerable dissatisfaction among the border tribesmen, resulting in persistent raiding. Various British punitive expeditions were mounted in retaliation into what was by then independent Waziristan (briefly independent again for a while during 2006, in defiance of Pakistani claims to it) over the years 1919-1921, against the Tochi and Wana Wazir tribes.
This medal was awarded to Private F. J. Connolly of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers for participation in one such expedition. It was one of the last pieces acquired by Lester Watson, purchased from the London dealers Baldwin in 1936.CM.1275-20091accession numberCM.1275-2009141369priref141369Watson Catalogue177orderingM-0158previous object numberLW.0158urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141369https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141369Bust of George facing leftobverseGEORGIVS V KAISAR-I-HINDdesignJamrud fort overlooking Khyber Pass with mountains behindreversedesignreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009referenceagent-206432adlib-agent-206432e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afbWatson, Lester200920092009givenon loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-200919221922CE19221922193511935CE19351935mintreferenceagent-149658adlib-agent-1496584cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5Londonmintreferenceagent-180322adlib-agent-180322829888b6-4fba-3ac9-a06e-83dfac590940Royal Mintrulerreferenceagent-167510adlib-agent-1675108ada2014-bb1f-34d3-9aec-33501eefda33George V (1910-36)artistreferenceagent-49647adlib-agent-49647e688ea06-c75c-3302-ab62-30516bf5f1e4Garbe, Richardwith the title ofrulerreferenceagent-182481adlib-agent-1824815778888b-0cdb-378f-b99b-b6078c4076c6GEORGIVS V KAISAR. I. HINDreferenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0Royal MintLondonreferenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverDiametermm36.2Weightg43.82referencemedia-116289adlib-media-116289b9f7ac9b-febc-3878-9b77-314652232472jpegcm/cm15/LW_0158_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels16616162746040031imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0158_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels16616162746040031imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0158_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels16616162746040031imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0158_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels16616162746040031image0media
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imagereferenceterm-122887adlib-term-12288773308c0d-2c0e-3461-861a-55f483f2f0b5Indian General Service Medal (1908-35)denominationreferenceterm-98222adlib-term-98222b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50emedalsseriesreferenceterm-108659adlib-term-108659cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2Militarysubseriesreferenceterm-107681adlib-term-107681e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8Britainsubsubseriesreferenceterm-122717adlib-term-122717140af9ad-d215-34d9-9d42-52ecb5d3feadBritish Armysubsubsubserieshistory noteGift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Baldwin 1936referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museum471-473, 475-477referencepublication-5886adlib-publication-5886a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6British Battles and Medals 7th ednreferencepublication-5910adlib-publication-59100d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)referenceterm-122887adlib-term-12288773308c0d-2c0e-3461-861a-55f483f2f0b5Indian General Service Medal (1908-35)Indian General Service Medal (1908-35)referenceterm-119622adlib-term-119622dd6626e9-5822-307d-aa31-13c8813e7555struckobject
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