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{{Infobox Military Award
|name= India Medal
|image=[[File:India Medal 1895-1902 (Obverse).jpg|151px]][[File:India Medal 1895-1902 (Reverse).jpg|151px]]
|caption=
|presenter= [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]
|type= [[Campaign medal]]
|eligibility= British and Indian forces.
|awarded_for= Campaign service.
|campaign= India 1895–1902.
|status=
|description= Silver or bronze disk, 36mm diameter.
|clasps=
* ''Defence of Chitral 1895''
* ''Relief of Chitral 1895''
* ''Punjab Frontier 1897–98''
* ''Malakand 1897''
* ''Samana 1897''
* ''Tirah 1897–98''
* ''Waziristan 1901–02''
|established= 1896
|total_awarded=
|image2= [[File:India Medal BAR.svg|center|100px]] Ribbon bar
}}
The '''India Medal''' was a [[campaign medal]] approved in 1896<ref>Army Order dated 1 April 1896 approved the 'India Medal 1895' with two bars: 'Defence of Chitral 1895' and 'Relief of Chitral 1895'. see ''British Battles and Medals'', p. 177</ref> for issue to officers and men of the [[British Army|British]] and [[British Indian Army|Indian]] armies.

The India Medal was awarded for various minor military campaigns in India, chiefly for service on the [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North-West Frontier]] during 1895 to 1902. This medal replaced the [[India General Service Medal (1854)]]. Each campaign was represented by a clasp on the ribbon; seven were sanctioned.<ref>Wilkinson-Latham, p. 22</ref>

==Description==
The medal was awarded in silver to soldiers of the [[British Army|British]] and [[British Indian Army|Indian]] armies, and in bronze to native [[Porter (carrier)|bearers]] and servants.<ref name=Mussell>{{Cite book|author=John W. Mussell, editor.|title=Medal Yearbook 2015.|page=158. Published Token Publishing Limited, Honiton, Devon. 2015}}</ref>

The obverse shows the profile of Queen Victoria or, for those awarded the medal with the Waziristan 1901–02 clasp, King Edward VII, both with a suitable inscription.<br>The reverse, designed by [[George William de Saulles|G. W. de Saulles]], portrays a British and an Indian soldier together carrying a standard with the inscription "India 1895", although the Edward VII version omits the date.<ref name=Mussell/><br>The {{convert|1.25|in|mm}} wide ribbon had five equal stripes of red, green, red, green, red.<ref>Barthorp, p. 178</ref>

The name and details of the recipient were engraved on the edge of the medal, normally in running script.<ref name=Joslin/>

===Obverse variations===
<gallery>
Image:India Medal obv.jpg|Victoria (1895-1901)
Image:Waziristan 1901-02 Obverse.jpg|Edward VII, obverse for Waziristan 1901-02<ref name=Joslin>{{Cite book|author=Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin.|title=British Battles and Medals.|page=177. Published Spink, London. 1988}}</ref>
</gallery>
==Clasps==
The following clasps were issued with the medal:
* '''[[Chitral expedition|Defence of Chitral]] 1895'''
:''3 March – 13 April 1895''
* '''[[Chitral expedition|Relief of Chitral]] 1895'''
:''7 March – 15 August 1895''
* '''Punjab Frontier 1897–98'''
:''10 June 1897 – 6 April 1898''
* '''[[Siege of Malakand|Malakand 1897]]'''
:''26 July – 2 August 1897'' (Awarded to troops involved in the [[Siege of Malakand]].)
* '''[[Mohmand campaign of 1897–98|Samana 1897]]'''
:''2 August – 2 October 1897''
* '''[[Tirah Campaign|Tirah]] 1897–98'''
:''2 October 1897 – 6 April 1898''
* '''Waziristan 1901–02'''
:''23 November 1901 – 10 March 1902''

==References and notes==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Barthorp, Michael. 2002. ''Afghan Wars and the North-West Frontier 1839–1947'' Cassell. {{ISBN|0-304-36294-8}}
* Joslin, Litherland, and Simpkin (eds), ''British Battles and Medals'', (1988), Spink
* Mackay, J. and Mussel, J. (eds) – ''Medals Yearbook – 2006'', (2005), Token Publishing.
* Mussell, John W. (ed) – ''Medals Yearbook – 2015'', Token Publishing.{{ISBN|978-1-908-828-16-3}}
* Wilkinson-Latham, Robert. 1977. ''North-west Frontier 1837–1947'' Osprey Publishing. {{ISBN|0-85045-275-9}}

==External links==
* North East Medals, medal guide: [http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/indiageneralservice1895.htm India Medal 1895–1902] retrieved 18 November 2018

{{British campaign medals}}

[[Category:British campaign medals]]
[[Category:Military of British India]]

India Medal - Revision history

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