Campaign(s) India 1895-1902. | Awarded for Campaign service. | |
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Description Silver or bronze disk, 36mm diameter. Clasps Defence of Chitral 1895Relief of Chitral 1895Punjab Frontier 1897-98Malakand 1897Samana 1897Tirah 1897-98Waziristan 1901-02 | ||
The India Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1896 for issue to officers and men of the British and Indian armies.
The India Medal was awarded for various minor military campaigns in India, chiefly for service on the North-West Frontier during 1895 to 1902. This medal replaced the India General Service Medal (1854). Each campaign was represented by a clasp on the ribbon; seven were sanctioned.
The ribbon pattern was red, green, red, green, red. Whilst the obverse of the medal itself held the profile of Queen Victoria, or, after January 22, 1901, King Edward VII, the reverse portrayed a British and an Indian soldier carrying a standard together.
Clasps
The following clasps were issued with the medal:
References
India Medal Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA