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India General Service Medal 1908-35 with clasp, 'Burma 1930-32', awarded to Private (later Company Quartermaster Sergeant) Frederick John Wickens, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Silver campaign medal with, on the obverse, a portrait of King George V wearing a crown, with the inscription, 'Georgivs V D:G: Britt: Omn: Rex et Indiae Imp.'. On the reverse is a depiction of Jamrud Fort with the word, 'India',with a wreath of olive and oak leaves. The medal is suspended on a green ribbon with a central, vertical blue stripe with a silver clasp, 'Burma 1930-32'.

The India General Service Medal 1908-35 was struck in London and Calcutta and produced in silver for combatants and in bronze (until 1919) for servants and bearers. One version was produced to coincide with the reign of King Edward VII and two versions were produced during King George V's reign.

The India General Service Medal was awarded for service in military operations on the subcontinent between 1908 and 1935. The award was extended to Royal Air Force personnel from 1919. A total of 12 clasps were awarded including 'North West Frontier 1908', 'Abor 1911-12', 'Afghanistan NWF 1919', 'Mahsud 1919-20', 'Waziristan 1919-21', 'Malabar 1921-22', 'Waziristan 1921-24', 'Waziristan 1925', 'North West Frontier 1930-31', 'Burma 1930-32', 'Mohmand 1933' and 'North West Frontier 1935'.

From medal group awarded to Company Quartermaster Sergeant Frederick John Wickens, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2002-02-1091-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2002-02-1091-1