Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58, awarded to Major Herbert Mackworth Clogstoun VC, 19th Madras Native Infantry and 2nd Cavalry Hyderbad Contingent

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.

During the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), on 15 January 1859, Captain Clogstoun, with a small force of cavalry, charged rebel forces attempting to escape from the fortified village of the Chichumbah. The enemy forces were forced back into the village but Clogstoun was severely wounded and lost seven out of the eight of his men whom he led. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions. The Hodson Index of Indian Army officers records Clogstoun's death on 6 May 1862, at Hingoli, in the modern Indian state of Maharashra.

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.