NAM.1963-05-51-35

India General Service Medal, with three clasps, ‘Perak’, ‘Bhootan’ and ‘Northwest Frontier 1854-95’, awarded to Sepoy Moneeram Jaisee, 66th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry. Silver medal with an effigy of Queen Victoria and inscription, ‘Victoria Regina’, on the obverse; on the reverse, the figure of Winged Victory crowning a kneeling figure with a laurel wreath; red and dark blue ribbon with three clasps, ‘Perak’, ‘Bhootan’ and ‘Northwest Frontier 1854-95’ The 66th Regiment of Native Infantry (or Goorkha Regiment) was re-designated the 1st Goorkha Regiment in 1861. It was the descendant of the 1st Nasiri Battalion, which was raised in 1815 from soldiers of the Gurkha army of Amer Singh Thapa that had been defeated by the British in the war with Nepal. Although inhabitants of an independent sovereign state, Gurkhas have served the British ever since.

India, North West Frontier (1859-1899), Perak War (1875-1876)