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Mint:
London
Artist:
Wyon, William
Artist:
Wyon, Leonard Charles
Ruler:
Victoria (1837-1901)
Ruler:
Victoria regina
(With the title of)
The 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, 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.
Part of the border between India and Tibet is settled by the isolated tribe known today as the Adis. The Indian troops campaigning against this people between October 1911 and April 1912 knew them instead as the Abors, which is supposedly an Assamese coining meaning `those who cannot be controlled'. This nicely encapsulates the opposition that lay behind the campaign for which this bar to the medal was awarded.
The recipient of this piece was Subadar Jangbir Rana, of the 8th Gurkha Rifles. It is one of four medals that were awarded to him that are now in the Watson Collection; the others precede. The medals are not attached to each other, so although the Watson Collection catalogue considers them as Group 3, they have been treated separately here. All the same, it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them from the dealer Gifford, in 1928.
History note: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Gifford 1928
Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009
Diameter: 36.3 mm
Weight: 41.04 g
Method of acquisition: Given (2009) by Watson, Lester
1891 - 1895
Inscription present: Bust of Victoria facing left
Inscription present: Victory crowning seated Classical warrior with laurel wreath
Accession number: CM.1483-2009
Primary reference Number: 141579
Watson Catalogue: 156
Ordering: M-0368
Previous object number: LW.0361b
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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