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Her Majesty's bust, and, on the reverse, the words, u Meanee,"
44 Hyderabad," with 44 1843," the whole enclosed within a wreath
of laurel, and surmounted by the crown, the ribbon with which the
medal is suspended being of rainbow pattern. The Company
gave stars for the battles of Maharajpore and Punniar, which
constituted the brief Gwalior Campaign of 1844; and a medal to
the 64 Army of the Sutlej," {Exergue u Moodkee," 1845) with
clasps for the sanguinary actions of Ferozeshah, Aliwal, and
Sobraon, with all of which the Indian Navy had no concern. It
was not so, however, with the second Sikh War, when the small
but efficient Indian Naval Brigade worthily earned the Punjaub
Medal, with a clasp for Mooltan. This decoration, which lias a
blue ribbon with yellow edges, bears, on the reverse, a repre
sentation of the Sikh Army laying down its arms before Lord
Gough, who sits on horseback, while in the background are the
British troops, with a group of palm trees.
The Company, having received Her Majesty's assent to a
proposal to grant a general ' 4 India Medal," with clasps, to the
surviving officers and men who had been present at the battles
and sieges fought during the first quarter of this century, pub
lished an order from the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , dated the 25th of
February, 1851. by which Burmah was included in the India
Medal. An order was, accordingly,^issued to the Service, dated
19th of May, 1851, by which it was granted to the survivors of the
Burmese War, with a clasp inscribed 44 Ava," the ribbon being
a pale blue. The reverse of this medal has a figure of Victory
seated, holding, in her right hand, a laurel branch, and in her
left, a victor's wreath; at her feet is arranged a trophy of arms,
behind which rises a palm tree; and above the group are the
words, "To the Army of India." Exergue 1799-1826.
The Supreme Government, in a General Order dated the 23rd
of January, 1854, intimated the grant of a medal to the officers
and men of the Naval and Military forces engaged in the
Burmese War of 1852-53, who, under the notification dated
the 30th of June, 1853, and published in a General Order of the
5th of July, were authorised to receive the donation batta An extra allowance of pay granted to soldiers involved in special field service or to public servants on special duty. . This
medal had a clasp for 44 Pegu," and was worn with a ribbon of
alternate scarlet and blue stripes. On the obverse is a figure of
Victory, crowning, with a laurel wreath, a nude figure of a soldier
seated, and having, in his right hand, the Roman gladius, his
left holding the sheath. Exergue, 1852, and a lotus flower. A
large proportion of the Service received this medal, and also
that for the Persian War of 1856-57, which was similar^ to
the preceding, except that the clasp was inscribed 44 Persia."
The Victoria Cross, u for valour," was instituted on
the 29th of January, 1856, and though this much-coveted
distinction has occasionally been conferred in such a way as to
create disGatisfaction, no one can call in question the right of the
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