| 词条 | India General Service Medal (1854) |
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|name= India General Service Medal |image= |caption= Obverse and reverse of the medal. |awarded_by= United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |type= Campaign medal |eligibility= British and Indian forces. |for= Campaign service. |campaign= India 1852–1895. |status= |description= Silver or bronze disk, 36mm diameter. |clasps=
|established= 11 March 1854 |total= |image2= Image:India General Service Medal 1854 BAR.svg |image_size2= 100px |caption2= Ribbon: 32mm, three crimson and two dark blue stripes of equal width. }} The India General Service Medal (1854 IGSM) was a campaign medal approved on 1 March 1854, for issue to officers and men of the British and Indian armies. It was awarded for various minor military campaigns in India and nearby countries, between 1852 to 1895. In 1852 Lord Dalhousie had suggested a general service medal for smaller Indian campaigns, in order to limit the number of individual medals awarded.[1] Indian Army units made up the majority of forces present for nearly all campaigns. While the expeditions covered by the medal included few formal battles, most were undertaken in difficult terrain against determined resistance from local tribesmen.[2]In 1895, the India Medal was authorised to reflect service in further Indian expeditions, replacing the 1854 General Service Medal.[3] AppearanceThe medal is {{convert|1.4|in|mm}} in diameter, and was struck at the Royal Mint.[4] The obverse bears a left facing effigy of Queen Victoria wearing a diadem. Surrounding the head is the inscription VICTORIA REGINA.[6] The {{convert|1.25|in|mm}} wide ribbon is divided into five stripes, three red and two dark blue, each {{convert|0.25|in|mm}} wide.[6] ClaspsA total of 24 clasps were awarded for 23 campaigns.[7] Those who qualified for a second or subsequent clasp received the new clasp only, to be attached to their existing medal. The medal was never issued without a clasp, with the maximum number known to be awarded to one individual being seven.[8] The following clasps were issued:[9] {{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
}} Notes1. ^Dorling, page 63 2. ^Collett, page 92 3. ^Joslin, page 177 4. ^Lord Roberts, Forty-one'>Years in India 1897, page 533. Previously followers did not receive a medal, and introduction among measures to "improve the status of the native soldier". 5. ^Joslin, page 123 6. ^1 2 Mayo, page 337 7. ^1 Medals Yearbook 2016, page 141. 8. ^This was General Sir W. Lockhart. However, unconfirmed claims that some native Indian soldiers had up to ten bars. See Joslin, page 120. 9. ^Joslin, pages 120-126 Bibliography
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