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Award - Victoria Coorg Medal, bronze
| Location | India - British |
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| Year | 1837 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | A Coorg warrior in high relief stands in a wide stance, raising a curved knife (odi kathi) aloft in his right hand while holding a long musket diagonally in his left. A circular legend in Kannada script surrounds the central figure within a raised border. |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays two crossed Coorg knives (odi kathi) overlaid with a decorative chain and tasselled ornaments, all within an olive wreath tied at the top. A circular Latin legend runs around the border, with the place name COORG and date APRIL 1837 inscribed in the lower field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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