Sutlej Medal
| Sutlej Medal | |
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Obverse (top left) and reverse (top right) of the medal. | |
| Awarded by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |
| Type | Campaign medal |
| Eligibility | British and Honourable East India Company forces. |
| Awarded for | Campaign service. |
| Campaign | Sutlej 1845-46. |
| Description | Silver disk, 36mm diameter. |
| Clasps |
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| Statistics | |
| Established | 17 April 1846 |
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.[1]
Clasps
The Sutlej Medal was also awarded for participation in the Battle of Mudki. There is no clasp, as the first battle the recipient of the medal participated in would be engraved directly onto the medal, with additional battles added by clasp. As there was no battle prior to Mudki, there was no need to produce a clasp for second-battle veterans. [2]
References
Bibliography
- Mackay, J and Mussel, J (eds) - Medals Yearbook - 2005, (2004), Token Publishing.
- Joslin, Litherland, and Simpkin (eds), British Battles and Medals, (1988), Spink
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