Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58, awarded to Captain William Gair, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers)

Silver, circular campaign medal with, on the obverse, a portrait of Queen Victoria wearing a diadem, with the inscription, 'Victoria Regina'. On the reverse is a robed figure of Britannia, wearing a helmet, holding a wreath and shield with a lion by her side. Above is the word 'India', while below are the dates, '1857-1858'. The medal is suspended on a red and white striped ribbon. The obverse of this medal was designed by William Wyon, Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint from 1828, and the reverse by his son Leonard Charles Wyon who also worked at the Royal Mint.

William Gair served as a Deputy Assistant Commissary, Field Train Department in the Crimea. In 1857 he was commissioned ensign in the 3rd West India Regiment, transferring as a cornet in 1858 to the 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), with which he served in India during the suppression of the mutiny in the Bengal Army.

The Indian Mutiny Medal was approved in 1858 and awarded to officers and men of British and Indian units who served during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). Qualification was widened to civilian and judiciary participants in 1868.