Jummoo & Kashmir Medal

 

The Defence Of Chitral 1895.

 

Further relevant historical context can be found at the foot of this entry.

 

 

The Jummoo And Kashmir Medal was a campaign medal presented for service during the Defence of Chitral 1895 and its subsequent relief. The medal was ‘instituted’ in the same year and was awarded by the Maharajah of Jummoo and Kashmir to both his native troops, and a force of approximately 400 British soldiers who fought against the Afghan’s led by Umra Khan and Sher Afzul.

 

The medal was produced in London by Gurney and Son and was always issued with a clasp; ‘CHITRAL 1895’, which has the makers mark; ‘GURNEY LONDON’ on the reverse.

 

 

The medal is somewhat ‘kidney-shaped’, 39mm in diameter and 35mm in high, and was struck in bronze. The obverse of this medal bears the Jummoo and Kashmir coat of arms supported by two native soldiers stood on a scroll which contains a Hindustani verse, below which is the inscription; ‘JUMMOO and KASHMIR’.

 

To the left of the medal at the edge, can be found the makers mark; ’GURNEY F.’

 

The reverse depicts the fortress of Chitral with mountains and a forest in the background and an officer with three other soldiers in the foreground.

 

The ribbon suspender is of the swivelling ornate scroll style.

 

The medal was issued un-named.

 

 

 

The ribbon is 32mm wide and made up of five vertical strips of red, white and green.

 

 

 

Further relevant historical context can be found at the foot of this entry.

 

 

 

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This section contains information on:-

 

- The Chitral Expedition.

- Jammu And Kashmir.

 

The Chitral Expedition - The Chitral Expedition was a military expedition in 1895 sent by the British authorities to relieve the fort at Chitral which was under siege after a local coup.

 

After the death of the old ruler, power changed hands several times. An intervening British force of about 400 men was besieged in the fort until it was relieved by two expeditions, a small one from Gilgit and a large one from Peshawar.

 

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Jammu And Kashmir - Jammu and Kashmir is a state of India. It is located mostly in the Himalayan mountains and shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south. Jammu and Kashmir has an international border with the People's Republic of China in the north and east while Line of Control separates it from Pakistani controlled territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan in the west and northwest respectively.

 

Formerly a part of the erstwhile Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu, which governed the larger historic region of Kashmir, this territory is disputed among China, India and Pakistan. Pakistan, which claims the territory as disputed, refers to it alternatively as Indian-occupied Kashmir or Indian-held Kashmir, while some international agencies such as the United Nations call it Indian-administered Kashmir.

 

The regions under the control of Pakistan are referred to as Pakistan-occupied Kashmir or PoK within India, as 'Azad' Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan, and as Pakistan-administered Kashmir or Pakistan-controlled Kashmir generally.

 

Jammu and Kashmir consists of three regions: Jammu, the Kashmir valley and Ladakh. Srinagar is the summer capital, and Jammu is the winter capital. While the Kashmir valley is famous for its beautiful mountainous landscape, Jammu's numerous shrines attract tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims every year. Ladakh, also known as 'Little Tibet', is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and Buddhist culture.

 

This information was taken from ‘Wikipedia’. The original article and details of the authors can be found here. It is reproduced on this web-site under the ‘creative commons’ licence which can be found here.