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Extremely Rare Victoria Queen of India General Service Silver Medal.

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:30,000.00 INR Estimated At:30,000.00 - 35,000.00 INR
Extremely Rare Victoria Queen of India General Service Silver Medal.
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Items over 100 years old cannot be taken out of India without the permission of the Director General Archaeological Survey of India.
British India, India General Service Medal (1854-95), Victoria Queen, Silver, Unnamed, Clasp "Looshai", Obv: bust of Queen Victoria facing left, legend around "VICTORIA REGINA", Rev: Victory crowning a semi-nude seated warrior, bar with clasp "Looshai", plain edge, 37.84g, 36.59 x 56.44mm, (MYB 2007 # 117), about very fine, Extremely Rare.

Note: The India General Service Medal 1854 – 1895 was instituted on 22nd December 1853 after the Pegu campaign - with a recommendation being approved three months later to issue further bars for the same medal for any future campaigns and actions. Titled the "India General Service Medal" but the geographical range covered by this medal is much larger, including Persia and Malaya.

The British Indian Army Lushai Expedition of 1871-1872 was a punitive operation led by Generals Brownlow and Bourchier. It was the objective of the expedition to rescue British subjects captured by the Lushais during raids into Assam, including a six-year-old girl named Mary Winchester, as well as to convince hill tribes that they had nothing to gain and everything to lose by positioning themselves in an adversarial position towards the British government. For the British, the expedition was a success: the prisoners were freed, and the hill tribes agreed to negotiate terms of peace with the British. It was to remain peaceful in the border area until 1888 when large-scale raids were resumed and another punitive expedition was launched.
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