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Punjab Campaign Medal 1848-49. Campaign medal with clasps, ‘Chilianwala’ and ‘Goojerat’, awarded to Lieutenant Archibald Armstrong, 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment. Circular silver medal designed by William Wyon (1792-1851),with, on the obverse, Queen Victoria wearing a diadem, with the inscription, ‘Victoria Regina’; on the reverse, a scene showing the surrender of Sikh forces to Sir Walter Gilbert (1785-1853), with the date, ‘1849’, in Roman numerals, and the inscription, To the Army of the Punjab’. The medal is usually suspended from a dark blue ribbon with two yellow vertical stripes but this example has a dark blue and scarlet ribbon, with the silver clasps, ‘Chilianwala’ and ‘Goojerat’. Associated with the Battles of Chilianwala and Gujerat, 2nd Sikh War (1848-1849).

Chilianwala, Battle of, 1849 (2nd Sikh War 1848-1849), Gujerat, Battle of, 1849 (2nd Sikh War 1848-1849)