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GREAT BRITAIN: George IV, 1820-1830, gilt AR medal, 1826, EF

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GREAT BRITAIN: George IV, 1820-1830, gilt AR medal, 1826, EF
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GREAT BRITAIN: George IV, 1820-1830, gilt AR medal, 1826, MYB-91, Vernon-646, 38mm, The Burma Medal; the obverse was designed by William Daniell RA, and depicts the elephant of Burma crouching in submission to the victorious British lion, while behind the Burmese standard is lowered before the Union Flag with palm trees behind; in the exergue is the Persian inscription "The Elephant of Ava is obedient to the Lion of England, year 1826" // the reverse was designed by William Wyon, and depicts the storming of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon; to the left is the Irrawaddy Flotilla, with the British commander General Campbell directing the attack from under a palm tree; in the exergue is the Persian inscription "A medal for the victorious British soldiers of Ava", with original large suspension ring and with replacement blue-edged crimson ribbon, testmark at bottom, EF, RR. The Burma Medal is a campaign medal awarded by the Governor-General of India to native Indian soldiers of the armies of the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) who participated in the First Burma War from April 1824 to February 1826. The medal was limited to those involved in the actual fighting, it also being awarded posthumously to the heirs of those who had died. The medal was struck at the Calcutta Mint in gold and in silver. It was awarded to HEIC forces only, to native Indian officers and officials in gold (about 750 awarded) and to native other ranks in silver (about 24,000 awarded).