Award - George III Honourable East India Company Medal, gold

Location India - British
Year 1813
Type Award medal
Composition Gold
Weight
Diameter 48 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description Sepoy standing in front of a field gun, holding a Union Jack in his right hand and a musket with fixed bayonet in his left
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse description Legend within wreath
Reverse script Latin, Persian
Reverse lettering RODRIGUES VI JULY MDCCCIX. BOURBON VIII JULY & ISLE OF FRANCE III DEC MDCCCX.
(Translation: This Medal was conferred in commemoration of the bravery and devotion exhibited by the Sepoys of the English Company in the capture of the Islands of RODRIGUES, BOURBON and Mauritius, in the year of the Hegira 1226)
Mintage
Numisquare ID 1890901490
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