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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 the descendant of the 1st Nasiri (or Nusseree) Battalion, which was raised in 1815 from soldiers of the Gurkha Army of Amer Singh Thapa that had been defeated by the British. It was given the designation after the original 66th had mutinied during the 1850s. In 1861 it was re-named the 1st Goorkha Regiment.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1963-05-51-35
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1963-05-51-35