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Campaign(s)
  
Sutlej 1845-46.

Awarded for
  
Campaign service.

Sutlej Medal

Eligibility
  
British and Honourable East India Company forces.

Description
  
Silver disk, 36mm diameter.

Clasps
  
FerozeshuhurAliwalSobraon

The Sutlej Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1846, for issue to officers and men of the British Army and Honourable East India Company who served in the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46 (also known as the First Anglo-Sikh War). This medal was the first to use clasps to denote soldiers who fought in the major battles of the campaign.

The medal was approved on 17 April 1846.

Clasps

  • Ferozeshuhur
  • Aliwal
  • Sobraon
  • The Sutlej Medal was also awarded for participation in the Battle of Mudki. There is no clasp, as the first battle the recipient of the medal participated in would be engraved directly onto the medal, with additional battles added by clasp. As there was no battle prior to Mudki, there was no need to produce a clasp for second-battle veterans.

    References

    Sutlej Medal Wikipedia


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