NAM.1961-12-174-1

2nd Afghan War Medal 1878-80, with clasp, ‘Kabul’, awarded to Sowar Aziz, Queen’s Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force. Circular, silver medal with, on the obverse, a portrait of Queen Victoria, with the inscription, ‘Victoria Regina et Imperatrix’. On the reverse, an elephant carrying an artillery piece, with infantry and lancers on the march, with the inscription, ‘Afghanistan 1878-79-80’. The medal is suspended on a green ribbon with vertical crimson edges, with the silver clasp, ‘Kabul’. All Indian and British participants in the Second Anglo-Afghan war received the Afghan War Medal. This came with clasps across the ribbon depending on which actions the soldier was involved in. Six clasps were awarded: Ali Masjid (22 November 1878), Peiwar Kotal (2 December 1878), Charasiab (6 October 1879), Kabul (operations around Kabul and defence of Sherpur December 1879), Ahmed Khel (19 April 1880) and Kandahar (1 September 1880). Associated with the Siege of Kabul, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880), 1879.

Kabul, Siege of, 1879 (2nd Afghan War 1878-1880)