India General Service Medal 1854-95, with clasp,'North West Frontier', awarded to Major-General Joseph White Orchard

Silver, circular campaign 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 silver clasp, 'North West Frontier'.

Joseph Orchard (1825-1893), the son of Colonel Joseph Orchard CB, was born in India and educated in Scotland. He returned to India in 1847 and became an ensign in the 33rd Bengal Native Infantry. As a lieutenant he served during the suppression of the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), being present at the siege and capture of Delhi in 1857. In 1860 Orchard commanded the 6th Punjab Police Battalion in the expedition led by Brigadier (later Field Marshal Sir) NB Chamberlain against the Mahsud Waziris on the North West Frontier. He retired with the rank of honorary major-general in 1880.