Miniature circular silver medal with claw and ribbon bar suspension; the face with the veiled crowned head and shoulders of Queen Victoria facing left, circumscribed ‘VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX (Victoria Queen and Empress); the reverse with a column on the march in a mountainous landscape, an elephant bearing a cannon to the fore, circumscribed above ‘AFGHANISTAN’ and dated ‘1878-79-80’ below; diameter 16.97mm (0.67 inch); a small edge bruise at the base; on replaced correct ribbon. The medal was instituted on 19 March 1881 to be awarded to participants in the Second Afghan War of 1878 to 1880. A good period miniature.
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