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The Sutlej Medal

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Time Period: Pre-WW1
Year of Institution: 17 April 1846
Country: Great Britain

The Sutlej Medal is a campaign medal issued to officers and men of the British Army and Honourable East India Company who served in the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46 (also known as the First Anglo-Sikh War).

This medal was approved in 1846 and was the first one to use clasps to denote soldiers who fought in the major battles of the campaign.

The Sutlej Medal commemorates four battles (the first in which the recipient participated is shown on the reverse of the medal, with any further battles indicated by a clasp).

As there was no battle prior to the battle of Moodkee no clasp was produced for this action. The three clasps awarded were for the battles of F erozeshuhur, Aliwal and Sobraon.

The Sutlej Medal Design

The Sutlej medal is a circular silver medal measuring 36 millimeters (1.4 in) in diameter. It was designed by William Wyon.

The obverse depicts the diademed head of Queen Victoria with the legend VICTORIA REGINA. The reverse shows a standing figure of victory, facing left and holding a wreath in her outstretched hand, with a collection of trophies at her feet. Around the circumference is the legend ARMY OF THE SUTLEJ, with the name and year of the first battle in which the recipient served below.

The ribbon measures 31.7 millimetres (1.25 in) wide and is dark blue with crimson edges.

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