East and Central Africa Medal 1897-99, clasp, ‘Uganda 1897-98’, Sepoy Ahmad Khan, 27th (1st Baluch Battalion), Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry
East and Central Africa Medal 1897-99, clasp, clasp, campaign medal
Accession Number
NAM.1963-08-176-1
Description
East and Central Africa Medal 1897-99, clasp, ‘Uganda 1897-98’, awarded to 1236 Sepoy Ahmad Khan, 27th (1st Baluch Battalion), Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry. Silver circular medal with, on the obverse, a portrait of Queen Victoria, with the inscription, ‘Victoria Regina et Imperatrix’; on the reverse, designed by George William de Saulles, the figure of Britannia holding a trident and palm branch, with a lion and rising sun, with the inscription, ‘East & Central Africa’, below. The 27th (1st Baluch Battalion), Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry were one of three Indian Army regiments that took part in the suppression of a mutiny by the Sudanese troops used by the Colonial Government in Uganda.