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Auction: 15003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 384

United Service Institution of India Prize Essay Gold Medal, by Wyon, London, 45mm, gold (52.89g), Athena facing left on obverse; two crowns within laurel wreath on reverse, edge engraved 'Lieut. Colonel G.P. Rankin, 46th. Punjab Infantry, 1901.', extremely fine, in fitted case of issue

Lieutenant-Colonel George P. Rankin, 46th Punjab Infantry, served with the Burmese Expedition 1886-87 as Staff Officer to the Director of Transport (Mentioned in Despatches), and with the Hazara Expedition in 1888; he later served with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Robert Low in 1895; and in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart in 1897-98 with the 24th Punjab Infantry. He was awarded the annual United Service Institution of India Prize Essay Gold Medal in 1901 for his essay on 'The Practical Training of British and Native Troops in India with Reference to the Lessons of the War in South Africa.'

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