Ex Rare First Anglo-Sikh War ( 1845 – 1846 ) Silver Medal

Description

Ex Rare First Anglo-Sikh War ( 1845 – 1846 ) Silver Medal
Weight : 40.61 Grams
Description :
The medal is circular, 36mm in diameter and was struck in silver. The obverse of this medal bears the head of Queen Victoria and the inscription; ‘VICTORIA REGINA’.
The reverse depicts the figure of Victory holding a laurel wreath in her outstretched right hand. Additionally, the inscription; ‘ARMY OF THE SUTLEJ’ and the name of the battle, for which the medal was first awarded can be found below. The recipient’s details can be found on the medal’s rim impressed in tall capital letters to British and some Indian recipients and engraved in capital letters to other Indian recipients.Medals impressed to Indian troops are more irregular than those to British troops.
Note :
The Sutlej Medal was a British Empire campaign medal presented for service during the First Anglo-Sikh War. The medal was instituted in 1846 and was awarded to officers and men of the British Army and the Honourable East India Company who served in the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46.This was the first campaign medal to be issued to ‘all ranks’ with ‘clasps’, previously clasps had only appeared on the Army Gold Cross and Medal awarded to officers and while the Naval and Military General Service Medals, which were issued with clasps, covered earlier periods they were not issued until after the Sutlej Medal.
This medal bears the names of the battle for which it was initialy awarded on the reverse of the medal and subsequent battles on any clasps that were awarded.After the issue of this medal names of subsequent battles appeared only on the clasps and not the actual medal.
***** There is no clasp for the Battle of Mudki. As this was 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. *****