India General Service Medal Pair 1854-95, to Queen's Own Sappers and Miners
India General Service Medal 1854-95, 4 clasps: Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Chin-Lushai 1889-90, Waziristan 1894-5 to 1221 Sapper Narrainsamy No., 4 Coy Q. O. Sappers & Miners.
India General Service Medal 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (1221 Sapper Narayanasami Q. O. Madras S&M.) 1221 Sapper Narrainsamy, Queen’s Own Sappers & Miners.
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The recipient was by ethnicity and faith a South Indian of the Hindu faith who was serving as a Sapper with 6th Company Queen's Own Sappers & Miners, of the Madras Army.
The regiment is confirmed as having qualified for all 4 x clasps, having served extensively in Burma and on the North East Frontier of India (reference 'A Dangerous Game: British Colonial Warfare on the Indian Sub-Continent 1854-1892' (Parritt & Waibel, London 2010 )
The highly distinguished Queen's Own Madras Sappers & Miners, were centred at Bangalore Cantonment, where the descendent unit to this day - the Madras Engineer Group - mainstain's it's regimental centre, that includes a Regimental Museum with a rich collection of medals, which is generally regarded as one of the finest, if not the finest, regimental collection in India.
A scarce and highly desirable multi-clasp IGS 1854 medal pair. Previously sold by Dixons Medals.
