Design for Army Best Shot Medal, 1888. 
Sepia wash and ink drawing by John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911), 1888.
Men depicted are armed with a Snider rifle.
Inscribed 'Best Shot', signed by artist lower right. 
Musketry was an important subject in India and units and individuals were very competitive.
The figure on the right is a Gurkha rifleman. The figure on the left is identical to a study by Kipling which depicts a sepoy of 33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, 1888 (c) (also in the National Army Museum Collection).