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{{Infobox military award
|name=Indian Mutiny Medal
|image={{multiple image|image1=Indian Mutiny Medal, with clasps 'Defence of Lucknow' and 'Lucknow' (Obverse).jpg |width1=136 |image2=Indian Mutiny Medal (Reverse).jpg |width2=140 |align=center|footer=Obverse and reverse of the medal }}
|caption=
|presenter= [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]
|type= [[Campaign medal]]
|eligibility= British and Indian forces.
|awarded_for= Campaign service.
|campaign= Indian Mutiny 1857–58.
|status=
|description= Silver disk, 36mm diameter.
|clasps=
* ''Delhi''
* ''Defence of Lucknow''
* ''Relief of Lucknow''
* ''Lucknow''
* ''Central India''
|established= 1858
|total_awarded= 290,000
|image2= [[Image:Indian Mutiny Medal BAR.svg|center|100px]]Ribbon: White with two red stripes.
}}
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The '''Indian Mutiny Medal''' was a campaign [[medal]] approved in August 1858,<ref>Authorisation contained in General Order 363 of 18 August 1858 and General Order 733 of 1859</ref> for officers and men of British and Indian units who served in operations in suppression of the [[Indian Mutiny]].
[[File:Medal, campaign (AM 799847-4).jpg|thumb|Medal with edge inscription, awarded to Corporal D Alderton, [[Royal Northumberland Fusiliers|5th (Northumberland) Fusiliers]]]]

The medal was initially sanctioned for award to troops who had been engaged in action against the mutineers. However, in 1868 the award was extended to all those who had borne arms or who had been under fire,<ref>General Order 771 of 1868, see British Battles and Medals, p136</ref> including such people as members of the Indian judiciary and the Indian civil service, who were caught up in the fighting.<ref name=Ancestors>John Sly. "Battle Stars". ''Ancestors'', issue 57, May 2007, pp36–43.</ref> Some 290,000 medals were awarded.<ref name=Joslin>British Battles and Medals, p136</ref>

The obverse depicts the diademed head of a young Queen Victoria with the legend VICTORIA REGINA, designed by [[William Wyon]].<ref name=Joslin>British Battles and Medals, p136</ref> The reverse shows a helmeted Britannia holding a wreath in her right hand and a union shield on her left arm. She is standing in front of a lion. Above is the word INDIA, with the dates 1857–1858 below. The reverse was designed by [[Leonard Charles Wyon]], who also engraved the die of the medal. The {{convert|1.25|in|mm}} wide ribbon is white with two scarlet stripes, with each stripe of equal width. The recipient's name and unit is impressed on the rim of the medal in block [[Roman square capitals|Roman capitals]].<ref name=Joslin>British Battles and Medals, p136</ref>

==Clasps==
Five clasps were authorised, though the maximum awarded to any one man was four.<ref name=Mussell>''Medal Yearbook'' 2015, p145</ref> The clasps read downwards from the top of the medal.<ref name=Joslin>British Battles and Medals, p136</ref>

*'''Delhi'''
:''30 May – 14 September 1857''. Awarded to troops participating in the recapture of [[Siege of Delhi|Delhi]].<ref name=Joslin1>British Battles and Medals, p140</ref>
*'''Defence of Lucknow'''
:''29 June – 22 November 1857''. Awarded to original defenders of [[Siege of Lucknow|Lucknow]], including the masters and boys of [[La Martiniere Lucknow|La Martinière College in Lucknow]] who escaped to the [[The Residency, Lucknow|Residency]] and assisted in its defence,<ref>[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1962-11-217-1 National Army Museum collection]</ref> and to the first relief force commanded by [[Henry Havelock|Sir Henry Havelock]].<ref name=Joslin1>British Battles and Medals, p140</ref>
*'''Relief of Lucknow'''
:''November 1857''. Awarded to the second [[Siege of Lucknow|Lucknow relief force]] under the command of [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde|Sir Colin Campbell]].<ref name=Joslin1>British Battles and Medals, p140</ref>
*'''Lucknow'''
:''November 1857 – March 1858''. Awarded to troops under command of Sir Colin Campbell who were engaged in final operations leading to the surrender of [[Siege of Lucknow|Lucknow]] and the clearing of the surrounding areas.<ref name=Joslin1>British Battles and Medals, p140</ref>
*'''Central India'''
:''January – June 1858''. Awarded for service during the [[Central Indian campaign of 1858|Central Indian campaign]], including to those who served under Major-General [[Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn|Sir Hugh Rose]] in actions against [[Jhansi]], [[Kalpi]], and [[Gwalior]]. Also to those who served with Major-General Roberts in the [[Rajputana]] Field Force and Major-General [[George Cornish Whitlock|Whitlock]] of the [[Madras Army|Madras Column]].<ref name=Joslin1>British Battles and Medals, p140</ref>

The medal was issued without a clasp to those who served, but were not present during these major operations. The majority of these awards were made as a result of the 1868 extension of eligibility.<ref name=Joslin>British Battles and Medals, p136</ref>

==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |editor-last=Mussell |editor-first=John |title=The Medal Yearbook 2015|year=2014 |publisher=Token Publishing Ltd.|location=Devon, UK|isbn=9781908828163}}
* {{Cite book|author=Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin.|title=British Battles and Medals.|publisher= Spink |location=London|year=1988|isbn=0907605257}}

==External links==
*[https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=67 Searchable database of all 50,700 men of the British Forces who received the Indian Mutiny Medal]
*[https://www.dnw.co.uk/resources/medal-rolls/medal-roll.php?medalroll_id=4 Indian Mutiny Medal, roll of recipients]

{{British campaign medals}}
{{Campaign medals of the Honourable East India Company}}
[[Recipients of the Indian Mutiny Medal|*]]

[[Category:British campaign medals]]
[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857]]

Indian Mutiny Medal - Revision history

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