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Medal, campaign   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Joseph Boehm; Leonard Charles Wyon; Caldecott, R
Title
Medal, campaign
Object type Wars of empire/wars; imperialism/British Empire
Classification: 278
Description
English: Afghanistan War Medal with one bar, 1878-80 Medal awarded to 6891 Dr. J Smith, G-3rd Royal Artillery. silver medal; plain swivelling suspender; one bar- CHARASIA; with ribbon obverse- crowned and draped head of Queen Victoria with legend- VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX reverse- a scene of troops on the march with an elephant carrying a gun in the centre; around the top is the word AFGHANISTAN, and in the exergue the dates- 1878-79-80 ribbon- green with crimson stripes on edges named on edge- 6891 DR J. SMITH G-3RD R.A.
Date (1881); 1878-1880; (Pre 1977); Afghanistan Campaigns 1878-1880-wars
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diameter: 31mm
width: 32mm

notes: medal: 31mm diameter ribbon: 32mm wide
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
799878 (object number)
Place of creation Afghanistan; England
Exhibition history Display: 2G
Credit line Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1773
Notes Afghan War Medal with one bar, 1878-80 Medal awarded to 6891 Dr. J Smith, G-3rd Royal Artillery bar- Charasia Charasia 6th October 1879 General Roberts was ordered to march to Kabul with the Kabul Field Force, setting out on 27th September. En route he defeated the Afghans at Charasia on 6th October to enter Kabul on the 8th.
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