| 词条 | Empress of India Medal |
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| name = Empress of India Medal | image = Empress of India Medal gold.png | image_size = 290px | caption = Obverse and reverse of the Empress of India Medal | awarded_by = Queen Victoria | country = | type = Commemorative medal | eligibility = | for = Commemorate the proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India | campaign = | status = | description = | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = | established = 1 January 1877 | first_award = | last_award = | total = | posthumous = | recipients = | precedence_label = | individual = | higher = | same = | lower = | related = | image2 = | caption2 = Ribbon bar of the medal }} The Empress of India Medal, also referred to as KIH Medal, was a commemorative medal awarded to mark the occasion of the proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India in 1877. It was the first wearable medal issued to mark a commemorative occasion within the British Empire. The medal was awarded in gold to Indian princes or senior officials and in silver to select British and Indian military officers and civilians, as well as one soldier from each British and Indian regiments serving in India at the time of the proclamation celebrations of the 1877 Delhi Durbar. HistoryThe first official medals to commemorate the coronation of a British sovereign were distributed in 1547, marking the coronation of King Edward VI. These medals were medallions or commemorative coins, not intended for wear. The first official medal, commemorating a royal occasion, which could be worn, was the Empress of India Medal. This medal marked the occasion of the proclamation at the Delhi Durbar of Queen Victoria as Empress of India on 1 January 1877.[1] AppearanceThe medal was made in both gold and silver. It measures {{convert|58|mm|in}} in diameter, nearly 20 mm more than a campaign medal. The obverse of the medal depicts the diademed effigy of Queen Victoria, wearing a veil which falls over the back of the head and neck. Around the beaded edge of the medal is inscribed Victoria 1st January 1877. The reverse bears the inscription Empress of India in English and Hind-ka-Kesar in Hindustani and Persian. Around the edge is a repeating decorative design.[2] It was worn on a {{convert|42|mm|in}} ribbon around the neck.[1] The ribbon is crimson, with thin yellow stripes at the edges.[3] Award criteriaThe medal was awarded in gold to Indian princes and senior officials, and in silver to selected British and Indian officers and civilians, as well as a selected soldier from each British and Indian regiment serving in India at the time.[1] [4] The medal was not permitted to be worn by officers and soldiers of the British and Indian armies in uniform, although it was frequently worn by Indian princes and civilians.[4] Award ceremonyDuring the Durbar proclaiming Victoria Empress of India, the Viceroy, arrayed in the robes of the Grand Master of the Order of the Star of India, received each of the 63 ruling princes of India in turn, he: {{quote|... placed round the prince's neck a crimson ribbon, to which was attached a very handsome gold medal with the Queen's head engraved on it, adding: 'I decorate you, by command of Her Majesty. May this medal be long worn by yourself, and long kept as an heirloom in your family in remembrance of the auspicious date it bears’.[5]}} References1. ^1 2 {{cite book |last=McCreery |first=Christopher |title=Commemorative medals of the Queen's reign in Canada, 1952-2012 |year=2012 |publisher=Dundurn Press |location=Toronto |isbn=9781459707566 |page=19}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Tancred|first=George|title=Historical Record of Medals and Honorary Distinctions Conferred on the British Navy, Army & Auxiliary Forces: From the Earliest Period|year=1891|publisher=Spink & Son|pages=295–296}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30007559 |title=Empress of India Medal (1877) |publisher=Imperial War Museums |date= |accessdate=30 October 2012}} 4. ^1 {{cite book|last=Dorling|first=H. Taprell|title=Ribbons and Medals|year=1956|publisher=A. H. Baldwin & Son, London|page=107}} 5. ^{{cite book | last = Roberts | first = Earl | title = Forty-One Years in India. |page=333. Publisher Richard Bentley and Son, 1896 | url = http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16528 | doi = | isbn =978-1402177422 }} External links
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