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Auction: 24003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 55

The India General Service Medal 'Kachin Hills 1892-93' in bronze awarded to Muleteer Gopi, Commissariat & Transport Corps - for his part in this costly campaign

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Kachin Hills 1892-93, bronze issue (15 Muleteer Gopi Comt. Transport Deptt.), good very fine and rare

Clasp authorised on 9 January 1903 for the various small Columns and clashed which pushed into the Kachin Hills of Upper Burma to pacify the local resistance. The main engagements took place from December 1892-February 1893 with numerous attacks on British-held posts and stockades. The Field Force comprised just over 1,200 men and saw action around Bhamo, on the Chinese border near Muse and at Nkrang, Mytikina, Mali and Sima. Of the force, 3 Officers were killed or wounded whilst some 102 men were killed or wounded. Surgeon-Major Lloyd of the Army Medical Service won the Victoria Cross for his bravery when defending the Fort at Sima, in which Captain Morton was mortally wounded.

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£400