Table of Contents

Introduction The Naval General Service Medal 1793 - 1840 The Military General Service Medal 1793 - 1814 Waterloo Medal 1815 India & The British East India Company 1784 - 1877 Army of India Medal (1st India Medal) 1799 - 1826 Ghuznee Medal 1839 Candahar, Ghuznee & Cabul Medals 1842 / Jellalabad 1842 China War Medal 1842 Scinde Medal 1843 Gwalior Star 1843 Sutlej Medal 1845-46 Punjab Medal 1848-49 South African Medals for the Campaigns 1834-35/1846-47 & 1850-1856 Sir Harry Smith & his medal for Gallantry India General Service Medal 1854-95 The Crimean War 1854-56 Baltic Medal 1854-56 Crimea Medal 1854-56 The Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58 China War Medal 1857-60 New Zealand Medals 1845-47 & 1860-66 Abyssinian War Medal 1867-68 Canada General Service Medal 1866-70 Ashanti Medal (Gold Coast) 1873-74 South Africa Medals 1877-79 Afghanistan Medal 1878-80 (2nd Afghan war) Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 Egypt Medal 1882-89 Khedive's Star 1882-91 Royal Niger Company's Medal 1886-97 East & West Africa Medal 1887-1900 British South Africa Company's Medal 1890-97 India Medal 1895-1902 Ashanti Star 1895-96 Sudan Medal 1899 Khedive's Sudan Medal 1896-1908 East & Central Africa Medal 1899 The Boer War 1899-1902 Queen's Mediterranean Medal

About the Author

Stephen Philip Perkins, the son of a Royal Marine who served in both the first and second world wars, always had an interest in the medals awarded to his father and to other family members. Since actively collecting British medals, his personal collection and knowledge has grown steadily over the last 15+ years. Stephen is a member of the Orders and Medals Research Society, and since 2004 has been involved with BBC 3 Counties Radio, as the Medal and Orders phone-in expert.