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GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal. EF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:180.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal. EF
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GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, The Sutlej Medal, diademed head of Queen Victoria with the legend VICTORIA REGINA // standing figure of victory, facing left and holding a wreath in her outstretched hand, with a collection of trophies at her feet, around the circumference is the legend ARMY OF THE SUTLEJ, with the name and year of the first battle below: MOODKEE 1845, with FEROZESHUHUR, ALIWAL, and SOBRAON clasps, with new ribbon, awarded to Corporal Henry Williams, 50th Regiment, EF, ex Ajit Singh Collection. The Sutlej Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1846, for issue to officers and men of the British Army and Honourable East India Company who served in the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46 (also known as the First Anglo-Sikh War). This medal was the first to use clasps to denote soldiers who fought in the major battles of the campaign. The medal was approved on 17 April 1846. The 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1755 and were prominent at the Battle of Mudki in December 1845, the Battle of Ferozeshah later that month and the Battle of Aliwal in January 1846 as well as the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War.